Definition of quixotic in English:

quixotic

adjective kwɪkˈsɒtɪkkwɪkˈsɑdɪk

Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
a vast and perhaps quixotic project
Example sentencesExamples
- Others existed only as working hypotheses, unrealized plans or quixotic fantasies.
- This quixotic politician became obsessed with the plight of Afghanistan, the Afghan people, and with taking the fight to the Soviets directly.
- And yet, each season, another hundred people reach New York by the train, or the bus or the plane, bringing their fresh faces, strong voices and quixotic aspirations to the Mecca of musical theater.
- The building in the flesh is so run-down that the desire to restore it seems both heroic and quixotic: an act justified only by perfect faith.
- Still, it also serves to accentuate the film's central point, that represented images often provide the basis of our hopes and dreams, no matter how quixotic those dreams may be.
- If this doesn't seem quixotic enough in today's gruesome circumstances, he also has to confront religious parties on the city council and an inept central government that won't give him a serious budget.
- The truth is slippery, and plumbing the past to catch hold of it is as quixotic a quest as the search for the perfect bottle of wine, but it is a noble and necessary one.
- To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it.
- So while the challenge facing the peace movement in south Asia is daunting, it is by no means impossibly quixotic.
- It is an old-fashioned project, and a quixotic one, but deeply moving in its hope that Wyclif's Bible and Burns's songs form an inheritance we would all want, if only we knew about it.
- His quixotic, idealist appeal for justice contrasts sharply with the rest of the exhibition, in which justice does not seem to be expected.
- We should reject fiery rhetoric and quixotic ambitions and demand from our public officials ‘just the facts.’
- I am now a well behaved individual, I have cut down on my quixotic outings, though the prospect of getting fatally maimed on one of those windmills is always enticing.
- Political instability means economic uncertainty, and popular aspirations for a growing economy and a stable, professional government seem increasingly quixotic.
- He was presented as the quixotic radical, the gregarious populist, the lovable dissenter, the rare honest liberal, the minority of one.
- It was unprecedented, quixotic and admirable.
- She responded with a quixotic courage that eventually infected me; during her two-year illness, I'd grown less pessimistic both about her prognosis and about life itself.
Synonyms
idealistic, unbusinesslike, romantic, extravagant, starry-eyed, visionary, utopian, perfectionist, unrealistic, unworldly
impracticable, unworkable, impossible, non-viable, inoperable, unserviceable
useless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious

Derivatives

quixotically

adverbkwɪkˈsɒtɪklikwɪkˈsɑdək(ə)li

They believe - perhaps quixotically, under some owners - that they work for the entire community, not just the stockholders.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm hoping - quixotically, I suppose - for the plan's defeat.
- The pioneers of wind energy are an iconoclastic lot, tilting, if you will, at the windmills of conventional energy wisdom and quixotically persisting in the face of difference and opposition.
- He also seems to write with little concern for cadence, leaving himself stumbling over excess syllables and quixotically stuffing verbal square pegs into musical round holes when it comes time to sing.
- That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.’

quixotism

noun ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)mˈkwɪksəˌtɪzəm

quixotry

noun ˈkwɪksətri

This was an opportune moment to address the issue of the oppression of animals, until then catalogued in the annals of quixotry, as a serious moral problem.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic.

A quixotic person is idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical, like the hero of the Spanish novel Don Quixote (1605–15) by Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is a middle-aged country gentleman obsessed with tales of chivalry who decides to become a knight and rides out with his squire Sancho Panza in search of adventure. See also tilt

Rhymes

abiotic, amniotic, antibiotic, chaotic, demotic, despotic, erotic, exotic, homoerotic, hypnotic, idiotic, macrobiotic, meiotic, narcotic, neurotic, osmotic, patriotic, prebiotic, psychotic, robotic, sclerotic, semiotic, symbiotic, zygotic, zymotic

Definition of quixotic in US English:

quixotic

adjectivekwɪkˈsɑdɪkkwikˈsädik

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
a vast and perhaps quixotic project
Example sentencesExamples
- The building in the flesh is so run-down that the desire to restore it seems both heroic and quixotic: an act justified only by perfect faith.
- And yet, each season, another hundred people reach New York by the train, or the bus or the plane, bringing their fresh faces, strong voices and quixotic aspirations to the Mecca of musical theater.
- It is an old-fashioned project, and a quixotic one, but deeply moving in its hope that Wyclif's Bible and Burns's songs form an inheritance we would all want, if only we knew about it.
- His quixotic, idealist appeal for justice contrasts sharply with the rest of the exhibition, in which justice does not seem to be expected.
- Others existed only as working hypotheses, unrealized plans or quixotic fantasies.
- So while the challenge facing the peace movement in south Asia is daunting, it is by no means impossibly quixotic.
- She responded with a quixotic courage that eventually infected me; during her two-year illness, I'd grown less pessimistic both about her prognosis and about life itself.
- Political instability means economic uncertainty, and popular aspirations for a growing economy and a stable, professional government seem increasingly quixotic.
- It was unprecedented, quixotic and admirable.
- To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it.
- This quixotic politician became obsessed with the plight of Afghanistan, the Afghan people, and with taking the fight to the Soviets directly.
- The truth is slippery, and plumbing the past to catch hold of it is as quixotic a quest as the search for the perfect bottle of wine, but it is a noble and necessary one.
- If this doesn't seem quixotic enough in today's gruesome circumstances, he also has to confront religious parties on the city council and an inept central government that won't give him a serious budget.
- He was presented as the quixotic radical, the gregarious populist, the lovable dissenter, the rare honest liberal, the minority of one.
- I am now a well behaved individual, I have cut down on my quixotic outings, though the prospect of getting fatally maimed on one of those windmills is always enticing.
- Still, it also serves to accentuate the film's central point, that represented images often provide the basis of our hopes and dreams, no matter how quixotic those dreams may be.
- We should reject fiery rhetoric and quixotic ambitions and demand from our public officials ‘just the facts.’
Synonyms
idealistic, unbusinesslike, romantic, extravagant, starry-eyed, visionary, utopian, perfectionist, unrealistic, unworldly

Origin

Late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic.

单词	quixotic
释义	Definition of quixotic in English: quixotic adjective kwɪkˈsɒtɪkkwɪkˈsɑdɪk Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. a vast and perhaps quixotic project Example sentencesExamples Others existed only as working hypotheses, unrealized plans or quixotic fantasies. This quixotic politician became obsessed with the plight of Afghanistan, the Afghan people, and with taking the fight to the Soviets directly. And yet, each season, another hundred people reach New York by the train, or the bus or the plane, bringing their fresh faces, strong voices and quixotic aspirations to the Mecca of musical theater. The building in the flesh is so run-down that the desire to restore it seems both heroic and quixotic: an act justified only by perfect faith. Still, it also serves to accentuate the film's central point, that represented images often provide the basis of our hopes and dreams, no matter how quixotic those dreams may be. If this doesn't seem quixotic enough in today's gruesome circumstances, he also has to confront religious parties on the city council and an inept central government that won't give him a serious budget. The truth is slippery, and plumbing the past to catch hold of it is as quixotic a quest as the search for the perfect bottle of wine, but it is a noble and necessary one. To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it. So while the challenge facing the peace movement in south Asia is daunting, it is by no means impossibly quixotic. It is an old-fashioned project, and a quixotic one, but deeply moving in its hope that Wyclif's Bible and Burns's songs form an inheritance we would all want, if only we knew about it. His quixotic, idealist appeal for justice contrasts sharply with the rest of the exhibition, in which justice does not seem to be expected. We should reject fiery rhetoric and quixotic ambitions and demand from our public officials ‘just the facts.’ I am now a well behaved individual, I have cut down on my quixotic outings, though the prospect of getting fatally maimed on one of those windmills is always enticing. Political instability means economic uncertainty, and popular aspirations for a growing economy and a stable, professional government seem increasingly quixotic. He was presented as the quixotic radical, the gregarious populist, the lovable dissenter, the rare honest liberal, the minority of one. It was unprecedented, quixotic and admirable. She responded with a quixotic courage that eventually infected me; during her two-year illness, I'd grown less pessimistic both about her prognosis and about life itself. Synonyms idealistic, unbusinesslike, romantic, extravagant, starry-eyed, visionary, utopian, perfectionist, unrealistic, unworldly impracticable, unworkable, impossible, non-viable, inoperable, unserviceable useless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious Derivatives quixotically adverbkwɪkˈsɒtɪklikwɪkˈsɑdək(ə)li They believe - perhaps quixotically, under some owners - that they work for the entire community, not just the stockholders. Example sentencesExamples I'm hoping - quixotically, I suppose - for the plan's defeat. The pioneers of wind energy are an iconoclastic lot, tilting, if you will, at the windmills of conventional energy wisdom and quixotically persisting in the face of difference and opposition. He also seems to write with little concern for cadence, leaving himself stumbling over excess syllables and quixotically stuffing verbal square pegs into musical round holes when it comes time to sing. That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.’ quixotism noun ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)mˈkwɪksəˌtɪzəm quixotry noun ˈkwɪksətri This was an opportune moment to address the issue of the oppression of animals, until then catalogued in the annals of quixotry, as a serious moral problem. Origin Late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic. A quixotic person is idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical, like the hero of the Spanish novel Don Quixote (1605–15) by Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is a middle-aged country gentleman obsessed with tales of chivalry who decides to become a knight and rides out with his squire Sancho Panza in search of adventure. See also tilt Rhymes abiotic, amniotic, antibiotic, chaotic, demotic, despotic, erotic, exotic, homoerotic, hypnotic, idiotic, macrobiotic, meiotic, narcotic, neurotic, osmotic, patriotic, prebiotic, psychotic, robotic, sclerotic, semiotic, symbiotic, zygotic, zymotic Definition of quixotic in US English: quixotic adjectivekwɪkˈsɑdɪkkwikˈsädik Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. a vast and perhaps quixotic project Example sentencesExamples The building in the flesh is so run-down that the desire to restore it seems both heroic and quixotic: an act justified only by perfect faith. And yet, each season, another hundred people reach New York by the train, or the bus or the plane, bringing their fresh faces, strong voices and quixotic aspirations to the Mecca of musical theater. It is an old-fashioned project, and a quixotic one, but deeply moving in its hope that Wyclif's Bible and Burns's songs form an inheritance we would all want, if only we knew about it. His quixotic, idealist appeal for justice contrasts sharply with the rest of the exhibition, in which justice does not seem to be expected. Others existed only as working hypotheses, unrealized plans or quixotic fantasies. So while the challenge facing the peace movement in south Asia is daunting, it is by no means impossibly quixotic. She responded with a quixotic courage that eventually infected me; during her two-year illness, I'd grown less pessimistic both about her prognosis and about life itself. Political instability means economic uncertainty, and popular aspirations for a growing economy and a stable, professional government seem increasingly quixotic. It was unprecedented, quixotic and admirable. To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it. This quixotic politician became obsessed with the plight of Afghanistan, the Afghan people, and with taking the fight to the Soviets directly. The truth is slippery, and plumbing the past to catch hold of it is as quixotic a quest as the search for the perfect bottle of wine, but it is a noble and necessary one. If this doesn't seem quixotic enough in today's gruesome circumstances, he also has to confront religious parties on the city council and an inept central government that won't give him a serious budget. He was presented as the quixotic radical, the gregarious populist, the lovable dissenter, the rare honest liberal, the minority of one. I am now a well behaved individual, I have cut down on my quixotic outings, though the prospect of getting fatally maimed on one of those windmills is always enticing. Still, it also serves to accentuate the film's central point, that represented images often provide the basis of our hopes and dreams, no matter how quixotic those dreams may be. We should reject fiery rhetoric and quixotic ambitions and demand from our public officials ‘just the facts.’ Synonyms idealistic, unbusinesslike, romantic, extravagant, starry-eyed, visionary, utopian, perfectionist, unrealistic, unworldly Origin Late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic.
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