don quixotic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We ſhall not be authorized, to anſwer for any ſuch Don Quixotic Schemes—Fair and ſoftly go far."
- "[…]while in all those, not very rare cases, which are necessarily and essentially fatal from the onset, he [the physician] will quickly reject all Don Quixotic and enthusiastic attempts at cure, and limit his endeavors to the palliation of present suffering."
- "Concomitant with this illumination is the acceptance and implementation of behaviors endemic with new paradigms, those which lead to a transformed culture and society, those which lead to horizontal connectedness with multiple prospects for rooting deeply, fostering a balanced, systematic and sensible relationship between needs and resources, rather than vertical, hierarchial structures rooted in power and control. There is a Don Quixotic tone to this posture, at first blush."
Etymology
From Don Quixote + -ic.