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fig⋅ment
[fig-muh
nt] 
–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. |
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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.] |
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Figment
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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Language Translation for : figment
Spanish:
cosa imaginada,
German:
die Einbildung,
Japanese:
空想の産物
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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