| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| figment |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fig·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: | f g m nt |
| NOUN: | Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, to form. See dheigh- in Appendix I.
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