Definition of Quixatic

Definition of Quixatic

Quix*ot"ic (kw&ibreve;ks*&obreve;t"&ibreve;k), a. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. "Feats of quixotic gallantry." Prescott.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into
the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily
denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name
is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.

When ignorance from out of our lives can banish
Philology, 'tis folly to know Spanish.

Juan Smith

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
Impulsive.
Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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