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FIGMENT

\fˈɪɡmənt], \fˈɪɡmənt], \f_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of FIGMENT

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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An invention; fiction; as, the whole story was a figment of the imagination.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Invention; fiction.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Something imagined or feigned; a fiction.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. See Fiction.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An invention; something feigned or imagined.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [Latin] An invention; a fiction; something imagined; fabrication.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

An invention, a fiction, the idea feigned.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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