quixotic
Meaning of quixotic
adjective
- extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
a vast and perhaps quixotic project
late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic.
Information about quixotic
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of quixotic
quixotic
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- quixotic is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
quixotic synonyms
Meaning romantic:
Meaning characterized by idealism; unrealistically aiming for perfection:
Meaning not businesslike:
Meaning lacking restraint in spending money or using resources:
Meaning thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom:
Meaning modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic:
Meaning refusing to accept any standard short of perfection:
Meaning not realistic:
Meaning (of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations:
Meaning (of a course of action) impossible in practice to do or carry out:
Meaning not able to function or be carried out successfully; impractical:
Meaning not able to occur, exist, or be done:
Meaning not able to be suitably operated on:
Meaning not in working order or fulfilling its function adequately; unfit for use:
Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:
Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:
Meaning not producing the desired effect:
Translation of quixotic
- German: quichottisch
- French: quichottique
- Spanish: quijotesco, quijotesca
- Italian: donchisciottesco
Words that rhyme with quixotic
otic, Saotic, chaotic, nonchaotic, semichaotic, unchaotic, antithrombotic, atherothrombotic, prethrombotic, robotic, sybotic, thrombotic, Scotic, acronarcotic, actinomycotic, anthracotic, antimycotic, antinarcotic, blastomycotic, botryomycotic, embolomycotic, helcotic, hydroxynipecotic, isonipecotic, leucotic, malacotic, methylisonipecotic, methylnipecotic, mycotic, narcotic, nicotic, nipecotic, nonnarcotic, oidiomycotic, oncotic, oxonipecotic, phenylisonipecotic, phenylnipecotic, postmycotic, premycotic, prenarcotic, pseudonarcotic, psittacotic, sarcotic, scotic, seminarcotic, silicotic, subnarcotic, syssarcotic, unnarcotic
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