Meanings of quixotism in English

His was Kentucky origin and he was tainted with Kentucky's quixotism.

He obeyed and expounded Sypher's quixotism in his roundabout fashion.

Some of them laughed at my arguments, as a ridiculous piece of missionary quixotism.

In most cases they had followed his advice, wondering not a little at this isolated example of quixotism.

That amounted to quixotism, they declared.

His name was Graves, and he regarded what he called the judge's "quixotism" with condescending good-nature.

I could have wrung my hands over Max's obstinacy and quixotism: he carried his generosity to a fault.

To do otherwise, even to hesitate, would be the emptiest quixotism....

But quixotism has its price.

But Philip was off somewhere, gone out of his life this many a day in a characteristic burst of quixotism.

Come, Mr. Burton, chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them.

As for quixotism-isthere any one here not willing to fight in the last ditch to help Kagig and these Armenians?

I have also had to pay through the nose $175 for my quixotism- asumwhich I cannot very well afford.

The values of austerity, sobriety, quixotism, and lividly, vividly dogmatic Catholicism, which I knew as a child, have vanished, conquered by consumerism and embourgeoisement.

But back of Jonas's judgment was that of Andrew, whose weakness was Quixotism.

The poor creature, who, by the way, adores you, is a victim of Quixotism.