squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 个月前Favourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareFavourite word and why?squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 个月前message-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·6 个月前Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 个月前It 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 个月前I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 个月前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)
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 个月前I means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 个月前ℹ️ “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”