figment

Meaning

  1. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
  2. (obsolete) An item which has been crafted.

Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/
Etymology

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

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