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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quixotic /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/
▶adjective impractically idealistic or fanciful.
– derivatives
quixotically adverb,
quixotism /ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)m/ noun,
quixotry /ˈkwɪksətri/ noun.
quixotically adverb,
quixotism /ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)m/ noun,
quixotry /ˈkwɪksətri/ noun.
– origin C18: from the name of Don Quixote, the hero of a chivalric romance by the Spanish writer Cervantes (1547–1616), + -ic.
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