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chimerical

chi·me·ri·cal

UK/kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/ US/kaɪ-/ uncommon

adjective

1.

being or relating to or like a chimera

  • “his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists” Doublas Bush
Synonyms
2.

produced by a wildly fanciful imagination

  • “his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists” Douglas Bush
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Origin

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

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