figment
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
“a figment of one's imagination”
“He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.”
- An item which has been crafted.