quix'otically
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quixotic (kwɪkˈsɒtɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| preoccupied with an unrealistically optimistic or chivalrous approach to life; impractically idealistic | |
| [C18: after | |
| quix'otically | |
| —adv | |
| quixotism | |
| —n | |
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Quix'otically
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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