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fig⋅ment

  [fig-muhnt]
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–noun
1. a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion: The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination.
2. a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc.: biographical and historical figments.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L figmentum something made or feigned, equiv. to fig- (base of fingere to mold, feign) + -mentum -ment

Synonyms:
2. See fiction.
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fig·ment   (fĭg'mənt)   
n.  Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination.

[Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, to form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

figment 
1432, from L. figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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