QUIXOTE
\kwˈɪksə͡ʊt], \kwˈɪksəʊt], \k_w_ˈɪ_k_s_əʊ_t]\
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Enthusiastic visionary, pursuer of lofty but impracticable ideals, person utterly regardless of his material interests in comparison with honour or devotion. Hence quixotic a. (quixotics n. pl., quixotic sentiments), quixotically adv., quixotism (2), quixotry (4), nn., quixotize (2, 3) v.t. & i.
By Sir Augustus Henry