Where Does the Word Quixotic Come from?
Its Source Is from the Great Spanish Novel "Don Quixote," Whose Title Character Is Given to Unrealistic Schemes and Great Chivalry. in the Middle of a...
Its source is from the great Spanish novel "Don Quixote," whose title character is given to unrealistic schemes and great chivalry. In the middle of a recession and high unemployment, it would be quixotic to imagine that you could quit your job and find another easily.
How did the word quixotic originate?
quixotic (adj.)
Don Quixote as the type of anyone attempting the impossible or holding visionary but impossible ideals is in English from 1670s. His name literally means "thigh," also "a cuisse" (a piece of armor for the thigh), in Modern Spanish quijote, from Latin coxa "hip" (see coxa).
What does the English word quixotic mean?
1 : foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. 2 : capricious, unpredictable.
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