Comments on: What does quixotic mean? https://www.publicationcoach.com/quixotic/ & Gray-Grant Communications Fri, 17 Sep 2021 23:34:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/quixotic/#comment-2952 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:39:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=6717#comment-2952 In reply to Marje.

Hmmm, I wouldn’t use it in a title, either. Titles are like advertising and they need to be instantly understandable. But I’d definitely use it in a story. Quixotic is a great word!

]]> By: Marje https://www.publicationcoach.com/quixotic/#comment-2948 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:15:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=6717#comment-2948 I used the word Quixotic in the title of a short story and was told never to use uncommon words if one wants one’s story to be read…. I thought that readers would either have an idea what it meant (or what they thought it meant) – or they would look it up.
I was not aware that we should treat our readers like simpletons….

I didn’t win a prize…

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/quixotic/#comment-2600 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:10:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=6717#comment-2600 In reply to David Carlson.

Never trust online dictionaries! I find they’re almost never up-to-date.

]]> By: David Carlson https://www.publicationcoach.com/quixotic/#comment-2598 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:21:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=6717#comment-2598 I use the word builder feature of the electronic Franklin Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. While playing Scrabble on Facebook the other day, I found “tuille” or “tasset” also mean a piece of armor to protect the thigh. The online dictionary running in the background of Google Chrome shows these words as spelling errors.

]]>