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chimerical

adj
/kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/

Etymology

From chimera, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”). This term entered English in or around 1638.

  1. derived from in or around 1638
  2. derived from χίμαιρα — “she-goat”
  3. derived from chimaera

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a chimera.

  2. Being a figment of the imagination

    Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).

    • a chimerical goal
    • With his head bent, and his big feet spread apart, he began explaining his reasons for thinking the abbé’s plan chimerical.

  3. Inherently fantastic

    Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate…

      Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

    2. Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or…

      Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.

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Derived

chimerically

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chimerical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA