Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quixotic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quixotic \Quix*ot"ic\, a.
Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly
chivalric; apt to be deluded. ``Feats of quixotic
gallantry.'' --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quixotic
adj : not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as
quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a
romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a
world state" [syn: {romantic}, {wild-eyed}]
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