[ kwɪk'sɒtɪk ]
■ adjective impractically idealistic or fanciful.
Derivatives
~ally adverb
quixotism 'kwɪksətɪz(ə)m noun
quixotry 'kwɪksətri noun
Origin
C18: from the name of Don Quixote , the hero of a chivalric romance by the Spanish writer Cervantes (1547–1616), + -ic .