Rex Trulove
Quixotic is a rather interesting word. Part of what is interesting is that there are quite a few people in the world today who are quixotic.
The word, pronounced ‘kwik-sot-ik’, means unrealistic, unpractical, impulsive, not sensible, or idealistic. Many politicians are quixotic. Many other people are, too. People who are in love are often quixotic.
The word actually comes from the book, Don Quixote, a Spanish novel written by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605 and 1615 (there are two volumes). The book’s title character is a romantic nobleman who is prone to unrealistic, impulsive behavior. In other words, his actions and schemes are quixotic.
Given the fact that there are so many people who are quixotical, this is a good word to understand and to put into your vocabulary. Part of the fun of learning new words is to also learn how those words came about. In this case, it is also helpful to know, in case someone tells you that you are being quixotic.
Great 🙂 now a days lot of people are quixotic rather than traditional 🙂 Good word
There is a great deal of truth in that.
…good job on this educational series Rex…It’s very fun learning new vocabularies each day…keep it up..:)
People are sometimes surprised at how many words there actually are in the English language. That makes it fun and easy to come up with words that can be used. :))
…you are right Rex..and the words you featured are good…they’re high-faluting, and they should be shared for learning 🙂
Informative post. Creative! Liked it
I’m glad that you liked it!
So that is the pronunciation and meaning of that word!!! Wow, I have been saying it wrong all these years! You have saved me from eternal embarrassement about this word.
It is understandable that you might mispronounce the word. After all, Quixote isn’t pronounced ‘kwik-oh-tey’. If quixotic was pronounced like the title of the book it came from, it would sound an awful lot like the word ‘chaotic’.