quixotry

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Her invasion of East Prussia had done much to relieve the strain in the West, and heavily she paid for her quixotry But, after Tannenburg, she made no mistakes.

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  1. Quixotism; visionary notions or undertakings. Many persons will … consider it as a piece of Quixotry in M'Intyre to give you a meeting [in a duel] while your character and circumstances are involved in such obscurity. Scott, Antiquary, xx.

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  • It seemed to me that Sandy was going a little beyond the mark in his quixotry, and I told him so. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
  • Her invasion of East Prussia had done much to relieve the strain in the West, and heavily she paid for her quixotry But, after Tannenburg, she made no mistakes. —  1914
  • It was an episode of quixotry, a thing entirely imprudent and altogether lovable in him. —  The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories
  • What foolish quixotry--what jealousy for an ideal--had made him run this hideous risk of offending her? —  Lady Connie
  • Mr. Egremont amused himself with a little ridicule at his wife's quixotry, and demanded whether Flossy Houghton was a promising convert; but confessed himself very glad that the poor thing should be off their hands, declaring that it was quite time her own people looked after her, and happily he recollected her maiden name. —  Nuttie's Father
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