Definition
A person who is the opposite of a visionary; someone impractical or delusional in a way contrary to idealistic questing.
Etymology
A neologism combining dis- (opposite) with Quixote (from Cervantes' Don Quixote), creating a word that theoretically means the opposite of Quixotic, though it's vanishingly rare.
Kelly Says
This is such a rare and constructed word that it barely appears in any dictionary—it's a word that someone probably invented once to make a clever point about anti-idealism and it never caught on!
Translations
ARالعربية
دون كيخوطي
dun kaykhuṭi
BNবাংলা
ডন কুইক্সোট
ḍon kviksoṭ
CACatalà
Don Quixot
don kixot
CSČeština
Don Quijote
don kixote
DADansk
Don Quixote
don kixote
DEDeutsch
Don Quixote
doːn ˈkiːxoːtə
ELΕλληνικά
Δον Κιχώτης
don kixotis
ESEspañol
don Quijote
don kee-HOH-tay
FAفارسی
دون کیشوت
don kixot
FISuomi
Don Quijote
don kixote
FRFrançais
don Quichotte
dɔ̃ kiʃɔt
GUGU
ડોન ક્વિક્સોટ
ḍon kviksoṭ
HAHA
Don Quixote
don kixot
HEעברית
דון קיחוטה
don kixote
HIहिन्दी
डॉन क्विक्सोट
ḍon kviksoṭ
HUMagyar
Don Quijote
don kixote
IDBahasa Indonesia
Don Quixote
don kixot
IGIG
Don Quixote
don kixot
ITItaliano
don Chisciotte
don kiʃˈʃɔtte
JA日本語
ドン・キホーテ
don kiho-te
KMKM
ដូន គីហូត
doon kihot
MRMR
डॉन क्विक्सोट
ḍon kviksoṭ
MSBahasa Melayu
Don Quixote
don kixot
MYမြန်မာ
ဒေါင်း ကွီးဆော့
daung kwi sao
NLNederlands
Don Quichot
don kiɣɔt
NONorsk
Don Quixote
don kixote
PAPA
ਡਾਨ ਕੁਇਕਸੋਟ
ḍān kviksoṭ
PLPolski
Don Kichot
don kixot
PTPortuguês
Dom Quixote
duŋ kiʃɔti
RORomână
Don Quijote
don kixote
RUРусский
Дон Кихот
don kixot
SVSvenska
Don Quijote
don kixote
SWKiswahili
Don Quixote
don kixote
TAதமிழ்
டான் கிக்சோட்
ṭān kikcoṭ
TEతెలుగు
డాన్ క్విక్సోట్
ḍān kviksoṭ
THไทย
ดอน กิโฆต
don ki-ho
TLTL
Don Quixote
don kixot
TRTürkçe
Don Kişot
don kɯʃot
UKУкраїнська
Дон Кіхот
don kixot
URاردو
ڈان کویکسوٹ
ḍān kviksoṭ
VITiếng Việt
Don Quixote
don kixot
YOYO
Don Quixote
don kixot
ZUZU
Don Quixote
don kixote