Quixotic

//kwɪkˈsɒtɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.

    "Olivier, as you know, was quixotic, and would not permit a secret service and spies."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of quixotic. alt-of

    "Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic."

  3. 3
    Overly optimistic and moralistic.
  4. 4
    Exceedingly idealistic.

    "Call it a brain freeze, another 'Aleppo moment,' or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A quixotic person or sentiment. rare

    "The cultural quixotics attribute the change to inscrutable "cultural factors," which is tantamount to abandoning altogether the search for explanation."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.

Etymology 2

Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.

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