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Definition: Quixotism |
QuixotismNoun1. Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quixotism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonym: QuixotismSynonym: knight errantry (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Fascination, infatuation, fanaticism; Quixotism, Quixotry; tete montee. |
Rashness | Foolhardihood, foolhardiness; heedlessness, thoughtlessness; (inattention); carelessness; (neglect); desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quixotism |
| English words defined with "quixotism": Quixotry. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quixotism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | donkishotizëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نزعة إنسانية تعنى بإحقاق الحق ومحاربة الباطل, شهم (chivalrous, magnanimous, noble, noble-minded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | донкихотовщина (quixotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | donkichotství. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | donquichottisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fellegjárás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ixotismquay atitudine donchişoteascã. (various references) донкихотство (knight-errantry, quixotry). (various references) don-kihotstvo (quixotry). (various references) quijotismo. (various references) donquijotism (quixotry). (various references) gereksiz kahramanlık gösterme çabası (quixotry), don kişotluk (quixotry). (various references) донкіхотство. (various references) tính h o hiệp viển vông (quixotics, quixotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quixotism": quixotisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "quixotism" (pronounced 'Quix"ot*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-m-o-q-s-t-u-x" | |
-3 letters: ostium, quoits. | |
-4 letters: mitis, moist, omits, oxims, quits, quoit, sixmo. | |
-5 letters: miso, mist, mixt, most, mots, must, muts, omit, oust, outs, oxim, quit, smit, smut, stum, suit, sumo, toms, tuis. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-m-o-q-s-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: quixotisms. | |
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