/
kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/
adj.
impractically idealistic or fanciful.
Derivative
- quixotically adv.
- quixotism
/ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)m/
n. - quixotry
/ˈkwɪksətri/
n.
Etymology
C18: from the name of Don Quixote, the hero of a chivalric romance by the Spanish writer Cervantes (1547–1616), + -ic.
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