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Synonyms
quix·ot·ic (kwĭk-sŏt́ĭk),
also quix·ot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

[From English Quixote, a visionary, after Don Quixote, hero of a romance by Miguel de Cervantes.]

adjective 

  1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
  2. Capricious; impulsive: “At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious” (Louis Auchincloss)

derivatives

quix·ot́i·cal·ly
adverb
quix́o·tism
noun