figment

[ fig-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion: The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination.

  2. a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc.: biographical and historical figments.

Origin of figment

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin figmentum “something made or feigned,” equivalent to fig- (base of fingere “to mold, feign”) + -mentum -ment;see fiction

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2. See fiction.

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figment

/ (ˈfɪɡmənt) /


noun
  1. a fantastic notion, invention, or fabrication: a figment of the imagination

Origin of figment

1
C15: from Late Latin figmentum a fiction, from Latin fingere to shape

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