Timeline for Connotations of "quixotic"
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 11, 2015 at 1:15 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Aug 17, 2014 at 10:15 | comment | added | allquixotic | Ahum. (And yes, I've had "quixotic" in my name for a very long time; I didn't change it just for this question.) | |
| Aug 16, 2014 at 19:35 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/500727680049090560 | ||
| Aug 16, 2014 at 3:35 | vote | accept | Allen | ||
| Aug 16, 2014 at 2:49 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 16, 2014 at 2:03 | comment | added | Jolenealaska | It's very positive on a Scrabble board! | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 23:31 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2014 at 22:49 | comment | added | Jim | If you aren't concerned with the negative connotations in "foolishly unrealistic" then I certainly wouldn't worry about quixotic. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 22:15 | comment | added | Blessed Geek | "From my perspective as a native American English speaker" - which tribe? Quixote tribe? | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:57 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @allen, if it's a video game with Quixotic elements, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, I'd personally hesitate. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:47 | comment | added | Allen | @DanBron Even more specifically I was considering naming the project "Quixotic". So people would see the word and instantly judge the project based on their thoughts on the connotation of the word. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:43 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @Allen "So, I have this project ... it's kinda Quixotic, but not, you know, full on tilting-at-windmills"? | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:39 | comment | added | Allen | @DanBron I was considering using the word to describe a project I was working on. I think that "idealistic", "ambitious", and possibly "foolishly unrealistic" are accurate ways to describe it (and I view that as a good thing), but didn't want to pick a word that would be considered negative or insulting when describing my own work. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:20 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:18 | comment | added | Dan Bron | In order to help you pin down which connotation of Quixotic dominates, let us ask ... did this person also describe you as apt to "tilt at windmills"? :) | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:10 | comment | added | Oldcat | Quixote wasn't a fool. Possibly insane, though. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:58 | answer | added | Kristina Lopez | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:58 | comment | added | Drew | The answer is yes, as @tchrist points out in detail. Yes, it can have a positive or negative connotation. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:57 | comment | added | Allen | The definition came from Merriam-Webster. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:55 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Whose definition is that? Please supply a suitable attribution. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:55 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 27 | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:48 | comment | added | Lumberjack | From my perspective as a native American English speaker, the word "quixotic" has a negative connotation. Namely that Quixote was a "fool" and he was "rash." | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 20:45 | history | asked | Allen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |