quixotic als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
quixotic
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 quixotic
Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic:
— As quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood.
synoniemen: romantic, wild-eyed.
Roget 515:
imagined
etc.
v.;
ben trovato [It];
air drawn,
airbuilt†.
imagining
etc.
v.,
imaginative;
original,
inventive,
creative,
fertile.
romantic,
high flown,
flighty,
extravagant,
fanatic,
enthusiastic,
unrealistic,
Utopian,
Quixotic.
ideal,
unreal;
in the clouds,
in nubibus [Lat.];
unsubsantial†
etc.
4;
illusory
etc.
(fallacious)
495.
fabulous,
legendary;
mythical,
mythic,
mythological;
chimerical;
imaginary,
visionary;
notional;
fancy,
fanciful,
fantastic,
fantastical†;
whimsical;
fairy,
fairy-like;
gestic†.
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Roget 863:
rash,
incautious,
indiscreet;
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious;
uncalculating†;
heedless;
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460;
without ballast,
heels over head,
head over heels;
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
wanton,
reckless,
wild,
madcap;
desperate,
devil-may-care.
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained†;
headlong,
headstrong;
breakneck;
foolhardy;
harebrained;
precipitate,
impulsive.
overconfident,
overweening;
venturesome,
venturous;
adventurous,
Quixotic,
fire eating,
cavalier;
janty†,
jaunty,
free and easy.
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
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Moby betekeniswoordenboek: absurd, airy, autistic, chimerical, dereistic, dreamlike, dreamy, fanciful, fantastic, foolhardy, idealistic, impracticable, impractical, in the clouds, mad, optimistic, otherworldly, poetic, preposterous, rash, reckless, ridiculous, romancing, romantic, romanticized, starry-eyed, storybook, transcendental, transmundane, unpractical, unrealistic, unrealizable, visionary, wild, wish-fulfilling ... meer laten zien.
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