chimerical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a chimera.
  2. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
  3. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
  4. Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
  5. Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.

Pronunciation

/kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/ /kaɪ-/

Word forms

chimerical more chimerical most chimerical chimaerical chimærical

Etymology

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

Derived words

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