It may have been a quixotic quest, but surprisingly enough, it was successful.
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Quixotic
//kwɪkˈsɒtɪk//
Synonyms for "quixotic" (45 found)
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Related words (22)
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2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- դոնկիխոտյան adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Bulgarian
1 entries- донкихо́товски adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Catalan
1 entries- quixotesc adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Czech
2 entries- donkichotovský adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- donkichotský adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Dutch
3 entries- donquichotterig adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- impulsief adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- wereldvreemd adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Esperanto
1 entries- donkiĥota adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Finnish
2 entries- donquijotemainen adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- quijoottinen adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
French
1 entries- quichottesque adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
German
3 entries- lebensfremd adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- quichottisch adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- realitätsfern adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Hungarian
2 entries- Don Quijote-i adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- Don Quijote-s adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Italian
1 entries- donchisciottesco adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- донкихотски adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Polish
2 entries- donkiszocki adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- donkiszotowski adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Portuguese
1 entries- quixotesco adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Russian
1 entries- донкихо́тский adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Spanish
2 entries- aquijotado adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- quijotesco adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Swedish
3 entries- donquijotisk adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- romanesk adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- äventyrlig adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Turkish
3 entries- Kişotvari adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- donkişotluk adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
- donkişotça adj (Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote)
Sample sentences
49 total sentences available.
What does quixotic mean exactly?
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It's true. Books really do have a Quixotic spell.
Source: tatoeba (6858754)
It's a rather quixotic goal.
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