CHIMERAS

Noun

chimeras

plural of chimera

Anagrams

• cashmire, creamish, marchesi

Source: Wiktionary


CHIMERA

Chime"ra, n.; pl. Chimeras. Etym: [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. qymbr a yearling ewe.]

1. (Myth.)

Definition: A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles." Milton.

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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