quixotry

English

Etymology

From Quixote +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪksətɹi/

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 1992, p. 158:

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

   • 1930, W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale, Penguin Books 1993, p. 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, 吉诃德式性格 (Jíhēdé shì xìnggé)

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• German: Donquichotterie (de) f
• Russian: донкихо́тство (ru) n (donkixótstvo)

See also

• Don Quixote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia