squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoFavourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareFavourite word and why?squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·6 months agoQuixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 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-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·6 months agoI think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 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-up4·6 months agoI means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 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”