quixotic

Plural: quixotics

Adjective Satellite

• not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
  • "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"

Adj

• 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.
• Overly optimistic and moralistic.
• Exceedingly idealistic.

Noun

• A quixotic person or sentiment.

Adjective

• Extremely idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical.

Examples

• His QUIXOTIC strategy of saving all high-point letters for one mega-word rarely paid off.

Synonyms

romantic, wild-eyed

Related Words

quixotism, quixotry

Anagrams of quixotic