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Quixotic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIXOT'IC, a. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild- eyed dream of a world state" [syn: quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Don Quixote Date: 1718 1. foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2. capricious, unpredictable Synonyms: see imaginary • quixotical adjective • quixotically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 extravagantly and romantically chivalrous; regardless of material interests in comparison with honour or devotion. 2 visionary; pursuing lofty but unattainable ideals. Derivatives: quixotically adv. quixotism n. quixotry n. Etymology: Don Quixote, hero of Cervantes' romance f. Sp. quixote thigh armour

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quixotic Quix*ot"ic, a. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. ``Feats of quixotic gallantry.'' --Prescott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone's ideas or plans as quixotic, you mean that they are imaginative or hopeful but unrealistic. (FORMAL) He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Visionary, imaginary, wild, mad, fanciful, freakish, Utopian, chimerical, fantastic, fantastical, absurdly romantic.

Moby Thesaurus

absurd, airy, autistic, chimerical, dereistic, dreamlike, dreamy, fanciful, fantastic, foolhardy, idealistic, impracticable, impractical, in the clouds, mad, optimistic, otherworldly, poetic, preposterous, rash, reckless, ridiculous, romancing, romantic, romanticized, starry-eyed, storybook, transcendental, transmundane, unpractical, unrealistic, unrealizable, visionary, wild, wish-fulfilling