CHIMERICAL

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


Etymology

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• cimeliarch

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



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