squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoFavourite word and why?message-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareFavourite word and why?squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoQuixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
minus-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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-up0·2 months agoI means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 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.
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
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.