January 2010
169 posts
Quixotic →
philomel:
wordporn:
quix⋅ot⋅ic /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kwik-sot-ik]
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) resembling or befitting Don Quixote. 2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. 3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. Also, quix⋅ot⋅i⋅cal. Origin: 1805–15; ( Don ) Quixote + -ic
i like this word.
“La società perdona spesso il criminale; non perdona mai il sognatore.”
– Oscar Wilde (via apertevirgolette) (via lesnuitsfauves)
sono d’accordo, oscar.
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