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figment

fig·ment

UK/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/ US/ˈfɪɡmɪnt/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a contrived or fantastic idea

  • “a figment of the imagination”

Origin

From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.

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