Figment
['fɪgm(ə)nt] or ['fɪɡmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a contrived or fantastic idea; 'a figment of the imagination'.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Edited by Babbage
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Invention, fiction, fabrication, fable.
Typist: Serena
Definition
n. a fabrication or invention.
Checked by Gwen
Examples
- This wonderful discovery, at first regarded as a figment of scientific magic, soon attracted profound attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But it was all a figment of fancy, a matter of surface. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You must not think, reader, that ill sketching Miss Ainley's character I depict a figment of imagination. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Long may it be generally thought that physical privations alone merit compassion, and that the rest is a figment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Miranda