Also 8 -ery. [f. as prec. + -RY.] = QUIXOTISM.
[1718. Motteux, Quix. (1733), III. 45. Many … cry out Give us more Quixotery.]
1814. Scott, Drama (1874), 217. An adventurous spirit of profligate Quixotry.
1873. H. Rogers, Orig. Bible (1874), 411. We may wait for such an objector before indulging in the equal Quixotry of confuting him.
