Definition of Quixotries

1. Noun. (plural of quixotry) ¹

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Definition of Quixotries

1. quixotry [n] - See also: quixotry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quixotries

quivering
quiveringly
quiverings
quivers
quiversful
quivertip
quivertips
quivery
quixote
quixotes
quixotic
quixotical
quixotically
quixotism
quixotisms
quixotries (current term)
quixotry
quiz
quiz program
quiz show
quizbook
quizbooks
quizlike
quizmaster
quizmasters
quizmistress
quizmistresses
quizshow
quizshows
quizzed

Literary usage of Quixotries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1895)
"But Barnabas Thorpe, the man of faith, of little logic, and of invariable rectitude, a quixotic hero, hiding his quixotries heroically ; the clever, ..."

2. Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Pacific by Arthur Johnstone (1905)
"... there will be no doubt that the novelist's championship of a theory where a condition awaited solution must be classified with those quixotries which ..."

3. A History of English Literature by William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe (1907)
"He can laugh at her too, and over her quixotries and serious- faced patents for " emancipating " the sex is as merry as Adrian Harley. ..."

4. A History of English Literature by William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe (1907)
"He can laugh at her too, and over her quixotries and serious- faced patents for " emancipating" the sex is as merry as Adrian Harley. ..."

5. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour (1901)
"In spite of his knowledge of the world and his, humour, and a vein of cynicism most difficult to define, many were his quixotries and many the windmills at, ..."

6. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour (1901)
"... many were his quixotries and many the windmills at which he tilted, less often wholly in vain than we thought who watched his errantry. ..."

7. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour (1901)
"In spite of his knowledge of the world and his humour, and a vein of cynicism most difficult to define, many were his quixotries and many the windmills at ..."

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