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/kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/ · adjective
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.
The message is not subliminal. […] Characters aren’t just quixotic, they cite Cervantes to one another.
The war triggered in [Miguel de] Unamuno the realization that, in hopeless times, quixotic lunacy could save people from the paralysis that often accompanies defeatism.
In the digital age, building a new library filled with old-fashioned printed books seems idealistic, almost quixotic.
Call it a brain freeze, another 'Aleppo moment,' or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.
The cultural quixotics attribute the change to inscrutable "cultural factors," which is tantamount to abandoning altogether the search for explanation.
Use quixotic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quixotic means 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..
Common synonyms include impractical, wild-eyed, romantic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Olivier, as you know, was quixotic, and would not permit a secret service and spies.
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