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Synonyms for quixotic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwik-sot-ik
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk

Top 10 synonyms for quixotic
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Définition 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

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