Definitions
a contrived or fantastic idea
Word origin
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.
Used in a sentence
“a figment of one's imagination”
“He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.”
“Perhaps, dear reader, you are only a figment in the dream of some god, as Sherlock Holmes was a figment in the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Imaginary bit”7 letters
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