Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Here’s the WOW for this week :
Word:
Quixotic
Part Of Speech:
Adjective
Derivatives:
quixotically: adverb
quixotism: noun
quixotry: noun
Pronunciation:
kwik-sot-ik
Meaning:
-extremely idealistic
-unrealistic and impractical.
Synonyms:
Idealistic, unbusinesslike, starry-eyed, visionary, romantic, extravagant, utopian, unworldly.
Antonyms:
(none)
Word Origin:
Late 18th century: from Don Quixote + -ic.
Use in sentence:
- The expectations of my client, for that project, were quixotic.
- That historically building was quixotically huge.
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