chimerical
Collocations
3VERB + CHIMERICAL
lived, plan
CHIMERICAL + NOUN
goal
ADV.
extremely, really
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to a chimera.
Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
a chimerical goal
"Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese."
Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
"You are the most charming person in the world. You are invested with a perfect halo of delight," exclaimed Henrietta. "Miss Churchill has some chimerical notion of honour in her head, but that is over now; your information does not leave a single obstacle in the way of the most perfect happiness that ever wound up a fairy tale...
Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — being or relating to or like a chimera
- chimeric
- chimeral
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4a chimerical goal
Wiktionary"Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I d
WiktionaryWith his head bent, and his big feet spread apart, he began explaining his reasons for thinking the abbé’s plan chimerical.
WiktionaryThe constant anxiety in which he lived, however chimerical the cause of it might be, was evidently having a serious effect upon his health.
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