a. 1. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; prone to pursue unrealizable goals; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. See also quixotism. “Feats of quixotic gallantry.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Like the deeds of Don Quixote; ridiculously impractical; unachievable; extravagantly romantic; doomed to failure; as, a quixotic quest. [ PJC ]
The word “quixotic” . . . has entered the common language, with the meaning “hopelessly naive and idealistic, ” “ridiculously impractical, ” “doomed to fail.” That this epithet can be used now in an exclusively pejorative sense not only shows that we have ceased to read Cervantes and to understand his character, but more fundamentally it reveals that our culture has drifted away from its spiritual roots. Simon Leys (N. Y. Review of Books, June 11, 1998, p. 35) [ PJC ]
[ドンキホーテがた, donkiho-te gata] (n, adj-no) (See ハムレット型) quixotic[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quixotic \Quix*ot"ic\ (kw[i^]ks*[o^]t"[i^]k), a.
1. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; prone to
pursue unrealizable goals; absurdly chivalric; apt to be
deluded. See also {quixotism}. "Feats of quixotic
gallantry." --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
2. Like the deeds of Don Quixote; ridiculously impractical;
unachievable; extravagantly romantic; doomed to failure;
as, a quixotic quest.
[PJC]
The word "quixotic" . . . has entered the common
language, with the meaning "hopelessly naive and
idealistic," "ridiculously impractical," "doomed to
fail." That this epithet can be used now in an
exclusively pejorative sense not only shows that we
have ceased to read Cervantes and to understand his
character, but more fundamentally it reveals that
our culture has drifted away from its spiritual
roots. --Simon Leys
(N. Y. Review
of Books, June
11, 1998, p.
35)
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quixotic
adj 1: 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" [syn: {quixotic},
{romantic}, {wild-eyed}]
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