figment
fig·ment [figment figments] BrE [ˈfɪɡmənt] NAmE [ˈfɪɡmənt] noun Idiom: ↑figment of somebody's imagination Word Origin: late Middle English (denoting an invented statement or story): from Latin figmentum, related to fingere ‘form, contrive’. Compare with ↑feign and ↑fiction. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent.
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