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figment.

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/General-American, UK
  1. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

    a figment of one's imagination
  2. An item which has been crafted.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.

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