squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoFavourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareFavourite word and why?squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoQuixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 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-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
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.
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”