[fig-muh
nt] 
| 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. |
| 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.] |