Sekirov Dictionary

quixotic

UK /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/US /kwɪkˈsɑtɪk/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 5

adjective3

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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. — 1911
Overly optimistic and moralistic.
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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. — 2016

noun1

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(rare) 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. — 1975

forms

quixotics · more Quixotic · more quixotic · most Quixotic · most quixotic

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