🔤 Quixotic (Adjective)

IPA: //kwɪkˈsɒtɪk//

✨ Use quixotic when someone’s heart is in the right place—even if their feet never quite touch the ground.

🧠 Meaning

Exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical—especially in pursuit of noble but unreachable goals.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 His quixotic dream of world peace made him a symbol of hope—and naivety.

🔹 Starting a bookstore in the age of e-books may seem quixotic, but her passion kept it alive.

📜 Word Origin

From Don Quixote, the idealistic but delusional hero of Cervantes’ novel (1605), who famously tilts at windmills.

💡 Did You Know?

To be quixotic is to be noble-hearted but head-in-the-clouds—a beautiful mix of courage and impracticality.

🏷️ Related Words

#idealistic #dreamy #romantic #unrealistic #impractical #starry-eyed

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