quixotry
(ˈkwɪksətrɪ)
Also 8 -ery.
[f. as prec. + -ry.]
= quixotism.
| [1718 Motteux Quix. (1733) III. 45 Many..cry out Give us more Quixotery.] 1814 Scott Drama (1874) 217 An adventurous spirit of profligate Quixotry. 1873 H. Rogers Orig. Bible (1874) 411 We may wait for such an objector before indulging in the equal Quixotry of confuting him. |