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Chimera

Chimera Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chimera? [n] a grotesque product of the imagination [n] (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chimera: Chimaera \| chimaera Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chimera: airy hope \| airy nothing \| apparition \| autism \| brainchild \| bubble \| daydream \| deception \| delirium \| deluded belief \| delusion \| dereism \| dream \| dream vision \| dreamland \| dreamworld \| eidolon \| false belief \| fancy \| fantasque \| fantasy \| fiction \| figment \| golden dream \| hallucination \| idle fancy \| ignis fatuus \| illusion \| imagery \| imagination \| imagining \| insubstantial image \| invention \| maggot \| make-believe \| misbelief \| misconception \| mosaic \| myth \| phantasm \| phantom \| pipe \| pipe dream \| pomato \| potomato \| quixotic ideal \| rainbow \| romance \| self-deceit \| self-deception \| self-delusion \| sick fancy \| thick-coming fancies \| topato \| trick \| trip \| unreal hope \| utopia \| vapor \| vision \| whim \| whimsy \| wildest dreams \| wrong impression See Also \| imagery \| imagination \| imaging \| mental imagery \| mythical creature \| mythical monster Chimera In Webster's Dictionary \Chime"ra\, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf. Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.] 1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. ``Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.'' --Milton. 2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke.

Chimera Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chimera?

[n] a grotesque product of the imagination
[n] (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chimera: Chimaera | chimaera

Chimera In Webster's Dictionary

\Chime"ra\, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera
(in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf.
Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.]
1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as
   having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the
   tail of a dragon. ``Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.''
   --Milton.

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the
   imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke.

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