Ma'anar ƙamus na "quixotically" wani karin magana ne da ke kwatanta mutumin da ke nuna halin soyayya da kuma rashin dacewa, kamar dai halin wallafe-wallafen Don Quixote, wanda ya karkata a masana'antar iska kuma ya bi abubuwan da suka faru na chivalric. Yana nuna ma'anar butulci ko manufa wanda bai dace da gaskiya ko aiki ba.
