- quixotry (тж. Quixotism, Quixotry)
- Общая лексика: донкихотство
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
quixotry (тж. Quixotism, Quixotry)
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Quixotry — Quix ot*ry (kw[i^]ks [o^]t*r[y^]), n. Quixotism; visionary schemes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quixotism — [kwiks′ətrēkwik′sə tiz΄əm] n. 1. quixotic character or practice 2. a quixotic act or idea: Also quixotry [kwiks′ətrē] … English World dictionary
quixotry — noun quixotism; visionary schemes. See Also: Don Quixote, quixotic … Wiktionary
quixotism — noun /ˈkwɪksəˌtɪzm/ a) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight errantry. b)… … Wiktionary
quixotry — ˈkwiksətrē noun ( es) Etymology: quixote + ry : quixotism … Useful english dictionary
Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… … English dictionary for students
quixote — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Cervantes Date: 1648 a quixotic person • quixotism noun • quixotry noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
autism — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, airy nothing, alienation, anesthesia, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, bashfulness, blame shifting, bubble, careerism, catatonia, chill, chilliness, chimera, cold blood, cold heart,… … Moby Thesaurus
dereism — Synonyms and related words: airy nothing, alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame shifting, bubble, chimera, compensation, daydream, deception, decompensation, defense mechanism, deluded belief, delusion, dereistic… … Moby Thesaurus
flight of fancy — Synonyms and related words: autism, autistic thinking, conceit, dereism, dereistic thinking, dreamery, fancy, fantasticism, fantasy, fumes of fancy, ideal, idealism, ideality, idealization, imagination, imaginative exercise, imaginativeness,… … Moby Thesaurus
ideal — Synonyms and related words: Arcadian, Edenic, Geistesgeschichte, Hegelian idea, Kantian idea, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Utopian, absolute, abstract, academic, acme, ambition, apotheosis, apprehension, archetypal, archetype, archetypical,… … Moby Thesaurus
