Word Of The Week (WOW #19)

Word Of The Week (WOW #19)

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.

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Here’s the WOW for this week :

harrow-5Word:

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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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:

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37 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #19)”

  1. Tom Schultz Avatar

    tilting at windmills. 😉

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  2. summerstommy2 Avatar

    Hi Heena what in interesting word to play with..

    Word Of The Week (WOW #19) – Quixotic

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks a lot! 🙂

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  3. Maccabros Avatar

    Everytime I read here the word WOW, it reminds me of Kate Bus`s WOW and it´s a good memorie… 🙂

    Have a nice weekend, dear… ♥ …

    Maccabros

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      I had no clue! I’ll check it out for sure.
      Thanks a lot Maccabros 🙂

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  4. Maccabros Avatar

    and of course – interesting words…

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks a lot Kim!

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  5. priyalovingly Avatar
    priyalovingly

    My WOW for this week http://wp.me/p51kmE-4p

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks Priya I’ll check it out right away! 🙂

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  6. priyalovingly Avatar
    priyalovingly

    Nice choice of word Heena.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
  7. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
    phoenixgrey85

    Quixotic… wow I love saying that word. I think I’ve just found a new favourite word. 😀

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      That’s lovely! Even I love it ❤

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  8. afairymind Avatar

    Great choice of word, Heena. Here’s my WOW for this week: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/wow-querulous/

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks Louisi! I’ll check out your’s asap! 🙂

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  10. milliethom Avatar

    Hi Heena. You’re not going to believe this but I was going to do quixotic this week, too. It was suggested to me for Q by a fellow blogger. Never mind, there are plenty of other words. 🙂 So here is the one I’ve chosen instead:
    https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/word-of-the-week-wow-18/

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Really! I really like this word and I can imagine why you were suggested… 🙂
      I did a couple of posts in the beginning with m,n,o and p, so this week I went ahead with q!
      Can’t wait to read your’s 🙂

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  11. Rajagopal Avatar

    Ever felt quixotic to the point of tilting at windmills?

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Hahah! Quite frequently! 😉

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  12. nowathome Avatar

    I like this word!! 😀

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks a lot dear 🙂

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  13. priyalovingly Avatar
    priyalovingly

    My WOW for this week

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Hi dear, thanks a lot for participating… I’ll hop over your blog asap and check out your WOW. 🙂
      Thanks again and I hope you’ll enjoy doing these posts 😀

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      1. Bastet Avatar

        Well this week the poem came out a bit grim … hope my muse will do better with next weeks!

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

          Grim’s good for me… I write some really grim stuff myself! Looking forward to read your next piece 🙂

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  14. Aquileana Avatar

    I had never heard this word! … Thanks for sharing! All my best wishes. Aquileana 😀

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