The word "quixotic" is pronounced as kwik-SAHT-ik.
The noun form of the adjective 'quixotic' is quixotism.The word 'quixotic' is an adjective derived from the proper noun Don Quixote.
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The adjective quixotic is derived from Don Quixote by Cervantes. I don't know if he is the first but that is where the word comes from.
(the word quixotic modifies a noun and means unrealististic, or impractically idealistic)In it, he details his wild, quixotic journey from the hayfields of Montana to the sound stages of Hollywood.To celebrate our debut, we would like to invite you to experience the quixotic world of Molton Brown.Even more important, though, is the love the author has for his characters and their sometimes quixotic attempts at self-definition.And the idea that you can " halt climate change " is wonderfully quixotic.To close our options in advance is rather quixotic.
The word quixotic is derived from the book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It means that someone has an unbridled optimism that verges on impracticality.
But to close options in advance is rather quixotic.
practical, down to earth, realist
In retrospect, in light of the opposition shown to it, the pursuit of universal health care by Ted Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and now Barack Obama, seems a quixotic endeavor.
sam1030blue or sorceress101 (Sept/09) have the quixotic module on Lego network.
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