Meaning of FIGMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'figmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination" |
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| | Definition: | |  Figment
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fig"ment\, n. [L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form,
shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.]
An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Social figments, feints, and formalism. --Mrs.
Browning.
It carried rather an appearance of figment and
invention . . . than of truth and reality. --Woodward.
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| | Related Terms: | | apparition, brainchild, bubble, canard, chimera, concoction, creation, daydream, delirium, dream, eidolon, extravaganza, fable, fabrication, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, fiction, forgery, hallucination, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insubstantial image, invention, maggot, make-believe, myth, nightmare, phantasm, phantom, romance, sick fancy, thick-coming fancies, trip, vapor, vision, whim, whimsy, wildest dreams |
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