quixotry

English

Etymology

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English Quixote

Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye

English -ry

English quixotry

From Quixote + -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪksətɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

quixotry (countable and uncountable, plural quixotries)

1. A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 158:

     She knew that her brother was capable of any quixotry, any excess.

   • 1930, W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale, Penguin Books, published 1993, page 20:

     His quixotry might exasperate, but could not affront, them.

Related terms

• Don Quixote
• quixotic

Translations

visionary schemes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉訶德式性格 / 吉诃德式性格 (Jíhēdé shì xìnggé)

• Estonian: donkihhotlus sg
• French: donquichotterie f, donquichottisme (fr) m, don-quichottisme (fr) m
• German: Donquichotterie (de) f
• Polish: donkiszoteria (pl) f, donkiszotyzm m
• Russian: донкихо́тство (ru) n (donkixótstvo)

See also

• Don Quixote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia