quixotic
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quixotic¹
- /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/ UK
- /kwɪkˈsɑtɪk/ US
- /kwɪɡˈzɑtɪk/ US
- /kiːˈzɑtɪk/ US
- /kiˈɑtɪk/ rare
Rhymes with -ɒtɪk
Where it comes from
Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.
adjective more quixotic · most quixotic · Don Quixotic · Don-Quixotic · Quixotic
- 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.
- Overly optimistic and moralistic.
- 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.
noun quixotics · Don Quixotic · Don-Quixotic · Quixotic
- A quixotic person or sentiment. The cultural quixotics attribute the change to inscrutable "cultural factors," which is tantamount to abandoning altogether the search for explanation.
Quixotic²
adjective more Quixotic · most Quixotic
- Alternative letter-case form of quixotic Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic.
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adj Resembling or characteristic of Don Quixote
| Español | quijotesco, aquijotado |
|---|---|
| Português | quixotesco |
| Français | quichottesque |
| Deutsch | quichottisch, lebensfremd, realitätsfern |
| Italiano | donchisciottesco |
| Ελληνικά | δονκιχωτικός donkichotikós |
| Русский | донкихо́тский donkixótskij |
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