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fictional
English
Etymology
fiction +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?k??n?l/
Adjective
fictional (comparative more fictional, superlative most fictional)
- Invented, as opposed to real.
- Containing invented elements.
Related terms
Translations
References
- fictional at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- antifolic
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figment
English
Etymology
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fing? (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?f??.m?nt/
- (US)
- (General Australian)
Noun
figment (plural figments)
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
- He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.
- 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
Usage notes
- Often used in the form "a figment of one's imagination".
Related terms
- feign
- fiction
- fictional
- fictitious
Translations
References
- figment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- figment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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