FAFM 2023, Day 24, The Letter x, The x in Quixote-Quixotic-Quixotism etc.
Words derived from the name/character Don Quixote: Quixotic, Quixotical, Quixotically, Quixotism
(Don is not a name nor a pejorative adjective as portraited in the movies. Don is a title of respect.)
From Wikipedia:
Quixotism, (adj. quixotic) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality. An impulsive person or act might be regarded as quixotic.
Quixotism is usually related to "over-idealism", meaning an idealism that doesn't take consequence or absurdity into account. It is also related to naïve romanticism and to utopianism.
Origin:
Quixotism as a term or a quality appeared after the publication of Don Quixote in 1605. Don Quixote, the hero of this novel, written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, dreams up a romantic ideal world which he believes to be real, and acts on this idealism, which most famously leads him into imaginary fights with windmills that he regards as giants, leading to the related metaphor of "tilting at windmills".
From Collins Dictionary:
The hero of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish novel "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (in English "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") didn't change the world by tilting at windmills, but he did leave a linguistic legacy in English. The adjective quixotic is based on his name and has been used to describe unrealistic idealists since at least the early 18th century.
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FAFM 2023, Day 24, The Letter x, The x in Quixote-Quixotic-Quixotism etc.
Words derived from the name/character Don Quixote: Quixotic, Quixotical, Quixotically, Quixotism
(Don is not a name nor a pejorative adjective as portraited in the movies. Don is a title of respect.)
From Wikipedia:
Quixotism, (adj. quixotic) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality. An impulsive person or act might be regarded as quixotic.
Quixotism is usually related to "over-idealism", meaning an idealism that doesn't take consequence or absurdity into account. It is also related to naïve romanticism and to utopianism.
Origin:
Quixotism as a term or a quality appeared after the publication of Don Quixote in 1605. Don Quixote, the hero of this novel, written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, dreams up a romantic ideal world which he believes to be real, and acts on this idealism, which most famously leads him into imaginary fights with windmills that he regards as giants, leading to the related metaphor of "tilting at windmills".
From Collins Dictionary:
The hero of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish novel "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (in English "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") didn't change the world by tilting at windmills, but he did leave a linguistic legacy in English. The adjective quixotic is based on his name and has been used to describe unrealistic idealists since at least the early 18th century.
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