Chimerical

Quick meaning: Chimerical is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a chimera.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a chimera.

More Meanings

1. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
2. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
3. (genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
4. (vision, of a perceived color) 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.

Example Sentences

a chimerical goal

With his head bent, and his big feet spread apart, he began explaining his reasons for thinking the abbé’s plan chimerical.

"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."

"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.

Word Forms

• chimaerical

Synonyms for chimerical

Depending on context, synonyms include chimeric, unrealistic, chimeral.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chimeric, chimeral, unrealistic, chimaerical, cherubimical, cherubimic.

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