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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fig•ment /ˈfɪgmənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a mere product of mental invention;
a fantastic notion:The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fig•ment (fig′mənt),USA pronunciation n. - a mere product of mental invention;
a fantastic notion:The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination. - a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc.:biographical and historical figments.
- Latin figmentum something made or feigned, equivalent. to fig- (base of fingere to mold, feign) + -mentum -ment
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fiction.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: figment /ˈfɪɡmənt/ n - a fantastic notion, invention, or fabrication: a figment of the imagination
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin figmentum a fiction, from Latin fingere to shape |