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Meanings of
quixotic
in inglés
Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
romantic
wild-eyed
Related terms
impractical
Usage of
quixotic
in inglés
1
It began as a
quixotic
project three years ago in local theatre.
2
The government needed competent officials, not revolutionaries engaged in
quixotic
ideological crusades.
3
Doug Lenat's
quixotic
quest to create an artificial intelligence with common sense.
4
We did not count on Tritt's
quixotic
action at just that moment.
5
But in planning terms alone there is something
quixotic
about yesterday's decision.
6
She did not try to analyze that
quixotic
impulse; she merely obeyed.
7
One who has plotted an idiosyncratic path was
quixotic
in his choices.
8
The quest for objectivity seemed ultimately to have been a
quixotic
one.
9
It had been a senseless and
quixotic
idea on Maurice's part altogether.
10
But it was not likely that Uncle Brian would be so
quixotic
.
11
Your father seems to have been
quixotic
after his own fashion, Thornton.
12
A
quixotic
tale of horn-swoggling and hubris on Spain's limestone Costa Blanca.
13
Nevertheless he did a
quixotic
thing-whichwas Peter, of course, all over.
14
The
quixotic
young fellows ought not to be cut for their behaviour!
15
Define meritricious; prognathic; banal; vulpine; camaraderie; vilification; ennui;
quixotic
;
naïve; pharisaism.
16
Wait, is he the one who sent that
quixotic
message some months back?
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About this term
quixotic
Adjective
Frequent collocations
so quixotic
too quixotic
most quixotic
quixotic quest
quixotic action
More collocations
Quixotic
through the time
Quixotic
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common