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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

Quixotic

Having foolish and unpractical ideas of honour, or schemes for the general good, like Don Quixote, a half-crazy reformer or knight of the supposed distressed.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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