quixotic (redirected from quixotisms)

quix·ot·ic  (kwk-stk) also quix·ot·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.

2. Capricious; impulsive: "At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious" Louis Auchincloss.

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[From English Quixote, a visionary, after Don Quixote, hero of a romance by Miguel de Cervantes.]

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quix·oti·cal·ly adv.

quixo·tism (kwks-tzm) n.

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quixotic [kwik-sot-ik]

Adjective

unrealistically optimistic or chivalrous [after Don Quixote in Cervantes' romance]

quixotically adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

quixotic - 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" wild-eyed, romantic impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

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quixotic

adjective unrealistic, idealistic, romantic, absurd, imaginary, visionary, fanciful, impractical, dreamy, Utopian, impulsive, fantastical, impracticable, chivalrous, unworldly, chimerical