Quixotic
21quixotic — quixotically, adv. /kwik sot ik/, adj. 1. (sometimes cap.) resembling or befitting Don Quixote. 2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. 3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. Also, quixotical.… …
22quixotic — adjective /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk,kwɪkˈsɑtɪk,kwɪgˈzɑtɪk/ a) Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality. b) Impulsive …
23quixotic — Synonyms and related words: absurd, airy, autistic, chimerical, dereistic, dreamlike, dreamy, fanciful, fantastic, foolhardy, idealistic, impracticable, impractical, in the clouds, mad, optimistic, otherworldly, poetic, preposterous, rash,… …
24quixotic — quix·ot·ic || kwɪk sÉ‘tɪk / sÉ’tɪk adj. like Don Quixote (chivalrous, romantic, impractical, idealistic) …
25quixotic — [kwɪk sɒtɪk] adjective impractically idealistic or fanciful. Derivatives quixotically adverb quixotism kwɪksətɪz(ə)m noun quixotry kwɪksətri noun Origin C18: from the name of Don Quixote, the hero of a chivalric romance by the Spanish writer Cerv …
26quixotic — a. Visionary, imaginary, wild, mad, fanciful, freakish, Utopian, chimerical, fantastic, fantastical, absurdly romantic …
27quixotic — adj impractical, impracticable, unrealistic, fanciful, notional; fantastic, visionary, chimerical, rhapsodical, romantic, ideal, Utopian; imaginary, whimsical, dreamy, in the clouds; useless, inutile, inefficacious, ineffective, inoperative,… …
28quixotic — quix·ot·ic …
29quixotic — quix•ot•ic [[t]kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk[/t]] also quix•ot′i•cal adj. 1) (sometimes cap.) resembling or befitting Don Quixote 2) extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary; impractical • Etymology: 1805–15 quix•ot′i•cal•ly, adv …
30quixotic — /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk / (say kwik sotik) adjective extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary; impracticable. {from Don Quixot(e) + ic} –quixotically, adverb …
