knight-errantry

noun — 2 senses

noun

The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.

Chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

Virtue is knight-errantry no more1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:

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