quixotic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
    wild-eyed; romantic.
    • as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
    • a romantic disregard for money
    • a wild-eyed dream of a world state

WordNet


Quix*ot"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. "Feats of quixotic gallantry." Prescott.

Webster 1913