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Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 86.151.109.99
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 07:29 pm: | |
I coined this word the other day to describe myself, I.e. hard-working yet idly misguided. I'm even too quixotiose to be able to define it properly, in fact!
I think many of us who have creative writing skills but can't make a living from them are quixotiose. |
Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.58.199
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 05:06 pm: | |
What do you mean by idly misguided? |
Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 86.151.109.99
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 05:39 pm: | |
...like an engine idling - while tilting at windmills with a faulty gps (sat-nav)?
I may have meant something different when I wrote the post yesterday, but that failing is probably a symptom of quixotiosity in the first place. |
Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.147.137.251
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 07:30 pm: | |
Is there not already a word Quixotic? |
Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.67.209
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 07:57 pm: | |
I don't think we get get much further without defining the word more precisely, Des. |
Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b
Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 213.106.77.123
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 08:04 pm: | |
Yep-
Quixotic:
adjective
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2.
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3.
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
But then there's 'otiose'-
Otiose:
adjective
1.
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
2.
ineffective or futile.
3.
superfluous or useless.
So I'm assuming this is a compound word, expressing a combination of romantic/idealistic aspiration but inability to find the motivation to do anything about it. |
Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.67.209
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 08:19 pm: | |
I think Des was defining a word related to quixotic, but not quite that? |
Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 86.151.109.99
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 09:16 pm: | |
For me, Bestwick is on the Button..  |
Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.147.137.251
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 09:16 pm: | |
I'd never heard Otiose before. hmmm. Quite a nice word that. |
Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b
Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 213.106.77.123
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 09:43 pm: | |
*Takes modest bow* |