adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a chimera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chimerical
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adj
Meaning 2
Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a chimerical goal
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adj
Meaning 3
Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: vision
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adjective
Meaning 6
being or relating to or like a chimera- Douglas Bush
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chimeric, chimeral
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
produced by a wildly fanciful imagination- Douglas Bush
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
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History
Etymology
From chimera, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”). This term entered English in or around 1638.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: quimèric — of or pertaining to a chimera
- Esperanto: ĥimera — of or pertaining to a chimera
- French: chimérique — of or pertaining to a chimera
- German: Chimären- — of or pertaining to a chimera
- Irish: ciméarach — of or pertaining to a chimera
- Catalan: quimèric — being a figment of the imagination
- Esperanto: ĥimera — being a figment of the imagination
- German: chimärenhaft — being a figment of the imagination
- Russian: химери́чный (ximeríčnyj) — being a figment of the imagination
- Russian: химери́ческий (ximeríčeskij) — being a figment of the imagination
- Ukrainian: химеристий (xymerystyj) — being a figment of the imagination
- Arabic: خُرَافِيّ (ḵurāfiyy) — inherently fantastic
- Esperanto: ĥimera — inherently fantastic
- German: chimärisch — inherently fantastic
- German: wunderhaft — inherently fantastic
- Russian: химе́рный (ximérnyj) — inherently fantastic
- Russian: чуда́ческий (čudáčeskij) — inherently fantastic
- Ukrainian: химе́рний (xymérnyj) — inherently fantastic
- Ukrainian: чудернацький (čudernacʹkyj) — inherently fantastic
- French: chimérique — resulting from the expression of two or more genes
- Italian: chimerico — resulting from the expression of two or more genes
- Portuguese: quimérico — resulting from the expression of two or more genes
- Russian: химе́рный (ximérnyj) — resulting from the expression of two or more genes
- Spanish: quimérico — resulting from the expression of two or more genes
- Ukrainian: химе́рний (xymérnyj) — resulting from the expression of two or more genes