Usually means: Idealistic, impractical pursuit of ideals.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. quixote: Merriam-Webster
  2. Quixote: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Quixote: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Quixote, quixote: Wordnik
  5. Quixote: Wiktionary
  6. Quixote: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. quixote: Dictionary.com
  8. Quixote (software), Quixote (web framework), Quixote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Quixote: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quixote: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See quixotism as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Quixote)

▸ noun:  Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.

Similar:
Don Quixote, white knight, cavalero, superqueero, Queequeg, chanticleer, Boy Scout, knight-erratic, quiche-eater, cotquean, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, skeptic

Phrases:
Don Quixote, quixote don, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, The Female Quixote, more...

Adjectives:
modern, female, great, old, immortal, poor, renowned, valorous, valiant, young, famous

Colors:
    dusty rose,     sepia,     parchment,     antique white,     taupe, more...



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Similar:
Don Quixote, white knight, cavalero, superqueero, Queequeg, chanticleer, Boy Scout, knight-erratic, quiche-eater, cotquean, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, skeptic

Phrases:
Don Quixote, quixote don, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, The Female Quixote, quixote or giovanni, weapon for don quixote, literary knight idolized by don quixote, more...

Adjectives:
modern, female, great, old, immortal, poor, renowned, valorous, valiant, young, famous

Colors:
    dusty rose,     sepia,     parchment,     antique white,     taupe, more...



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