@squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 months agoFavourite word and why?message-square96fedilinkarrow-up177file-text
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minus-square@ndupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•11 months agoQuixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-square@Pronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•11 months agoIt meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant. Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
minus-square@TrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•11 months agoI think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-square@ndupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoYes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)
minus-squarenoughtnautlinkfedilink2•11 months agoℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)
I means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”