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Quixotry

Quix′ot-ry

(kwĭks′ŏt-ry̆)
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Noun.
Quixotism; visionary schemes.

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quixotry

quixotry

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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 1992, p. 158:
      She knew that her brother was capable of any quixotry, any excess.

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