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Knight errantry

noun

Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior. Synonym: quixotism.

(Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry.

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"Knight errantry" Quotes from Famous Books

... unimaginable. Her own fortune was made, she believed, in serving her. Both the magister and her brother had sworn it, and, living in an age of marvels—dragons, portents from the heavens, and the romances of knight errantry—she was ready to believe it. It was true that the lady's room had proved a cell more bare and darker than her own at home, but Katharine's bright and careless laughter, her fair and radiant height, ...

— The Fifth Queen • Ford Madox Ford

... "count upon your fortune as if it were already told, and provide yourself with another; or else sew no more gussets until I come again on Friday, when I will tell you more fortunes and adventures than you could read in any book of knight errantry." ...

— The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Words linked to "Knight errantry" : idealism, Middle Ages, Dark Ages, code of conduct, code of behavior