figment

  • 1Figment — Fig ment, n. [L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. [1913 Webster] Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] It carried rather an …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Figment — (v. lat.), Erdichtetes …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 3Figmént — (lat.), Abbildung; Erdichtung …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 4figment — I noun canard, chimera, concoction, creation of the mind, deception, delusion, fabrication, falsehood, falsification, fancy, fantasy, feigned story, fiction, fiction of the mind, flight of fancy, hallucination, idle fancy, illusion, imagined… …

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  • 5figment — early 15c., from L. figmentum something formed or fashioned, creation, related to figura shape (see FIGURE (Cf. figure) (n.)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6figment — fabrication, fable, *fiction Analogous words: *fancy, fantasy, dream, daydream, nightmare: invention, creation (see corresponding verbs at INVENT) …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7figment — [n] creation in one’s mind bubble*, castle in the air*, chimera, daydream, dream, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fiction, illusion, improvisation, invention, lie, nightmare, production; concept 529 Ant. reality …

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  • 8figment — ► NOUN ▪ a thing believed to be real but existing only in the imagination. ORIGIN Latin figmentum, related to fingere form, contrive …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9figment — [fig′mənt] n. [ME < L figmentum < fingere, to form: see DOUGH] something merely imagined or made up in the mind …

    English World dictionary

  • 10Figment — The noun figment may also refer to:* Figment, an annual participatory arts event on Governors Island in New York Harbor * Figment, a small purple dragon (Disney character) …

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