Quixotic

🔊 kwik-SOT-ik  ·  adjective

Quixotic describes a plan, a person, or a dream that's so idealistic it borders on impossible — impractical, wildly hopeful, and a little bit doomed, but somehow that's exactly what makes it charming. Think of the friend who wants to bike across a continent with zero training, or the coworker convinced their side hustle will replace their salary by Friday. It's not quite naive and it's not quite foolish — it's bigger-hearted than both, chasing a shining ideal everyone else has already quietly written off as unrealistic.