Antonyms for quixotic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kwik-sot-ik

Phonetic Transcription : kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk

Definition of quixotic

Origin : "extravagantly chivalrous," 1791, from Don Quixote, romantic, impractical hero of Cervantes' satirical novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (1605; English translation by 1620). His name literally means "thigh," also "a cuisse" (a piece of armor for the thigh), in Modern Spanish quijote, from Latin coxa "hip." Related: Quixotical; quixotically.

adj idealistic

Example sentences :

Wild, Quixotic notions of sacrifice flooded his mood of dejection.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

You must be very tired, having roamed about in this Quixotic fashion!
Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen

He was quixotic, especially in anything to do with money, and often to his own personal loss.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

Porcallo, a Quixotic knight, had no element of timidity in his character.
Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott

We should be quixotic and fatuous indeed if we attempted anything of the kind.
Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo

She must not let herself be swept away by any quixotic sentiment.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

That was really too quixotic, even if things had been as you imagined.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

Perhaps, my father would have called me quixotic had he known.
Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough

I stood by you with a fidelity that was nothing short of Quixotic.
Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins

Now that Tryst was dead, Derek's quixotic action had no meaning.
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for quixotic

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