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Definition of Quixotry
1. n. Quixotism; visionary schemes.
Definition of Quixotry
1. Noun. A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quixotry
1. quixotic action or thought [n -TRIES]
Medical Definition of Quixotry
1. Quixotism; visionary schemes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quixotry
Literary usage of Quixotry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1821)
"quest of the Trustees for Georgia, will not be considered a mark of " fanaticism"
and "quixotry" by the religious public, whatever the Reviewers and Deists ..."
2. My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany by Archibald Forbes (1871)
"For Germany to have acted thus would not have been magnanimity ; it would have
been quixotry, and quixotry certain to have been misinterpreted by France. ..."
3. My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany by Archibald Forbes (1871)
"For Germany to have acted thus would not have been magnanimity ; it would have
been quixotry, and quixotry certain to have been misinterpreted by France. ..."
4. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"For some shrewd, if unconventional remarks on Socrates' quixotry in this matter,
see Essays and Phantasies, James Thomson, p. 224. ..."
5. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"But do not affect to be dissatisfied with everything : 'tis the extreme of folly,
and more odious if from affectation than if from quixotry. ..."
6. The Marrow of Tradition by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1901)
"It seemed to him, with the quixotry of a clean, pure mind, that Clara would pass
through a period of .mourning for her lost illusion, and that it would be ..."
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