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quixotic definition

quix·otic (kwik sät′ik)

adjective

  1. of or like Don Quixote
  2. extravagantly chivalrous or foolishly idealistic; visionary; impractical or impracticable
    also quixotical quix·ot′i·cal

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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