quixotism

quixotism [kwik-suh-tiz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun

Origin of quixotism 1660–70; (Don) Quixote + -ism Examples from the Web for quixotism Historical Examples of quixotism

What foolish infatuation had ever suggested to me the Quixotism of these wanderings?

Charles James Lever

Quixotism, or Utopianism; that is another of the devil’s pet words.

John Ruskin

My good fellow, leave your quixotism behind you with your poverty.

Marie Corelli

It is romance, it is quixotism—ah, heart of God, what quixotism!

Gilbert Parker

It was a madness—a Quixotism—the wild, unconsidered act of a fool.

Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]