quixotic

Meaning

Adjective

• Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
• Impulsive.
• Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, --ic.