In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
chimerical
(adjective) produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; “his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists”- Douglas Bush
chimeric, chimerical, chimeral
(adjective) being or relating to or like a chimera; “his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists”- Douglas Bush
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chimerical (comparative more chimerical, superlative most chimerical)
Of or pertaining to a chimera.
Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
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Source: Wiktionary
Chi*mer"ic*al, a.
Definition: Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
Syn.
– Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2025
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.