chimerical

English

Etymology

From chimera, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin chimaera, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek . This term entered English around 1638.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/

Adjective

chimerical (comparative more chimerical, superlative most chimerical)

1. Of or pertaining to a chimera.
2. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
   • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

     "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."

   a chimerical goal

3. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
4. Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

Derived terms

• chimerically

Translations

of or pertaining to a chimera

• Catalan: quimèric
• Esperanto: ĥimera
• French: chimérique (fr)
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• German: Chimären- (de)
• Irish: ciméarach

being a figment of the imagination

• Catalan: quimèric
• Esperanto: ĥimera
• German: chimärenhaft
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• Russian: химери́чный (ru) (ximeríčnyj), химери́ческий (ru) (ximeríčeskij)
• Ukrainian: химеристий (xymerystyj)

inherently fantastic

• Arabic: خُرَافِيّ (ḵurāfiyy)
• Esperanto: ĥimera
• German: chimärisch (de), wunderhaft
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• Russian: химе́рный (ru) (ximérnyj), чуда́ческий (ru) (čudáčeskij)
• Ukrainian: химе́рний (xymérnyj), чудернацький (čudernacʹkyj)

resulting from the expression of two or more genes

• French: chimérique (fr)
• Italian: chimerico (it)
• Portuguese: quimérico (pt)
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• Russian: химе́рный (ru) (ximérnyj)
• Spanish: quimérico (es)
• Ukrainian: химе́рний (xymérnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ciméarach
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chimerico (it)

Anagrams

• cimeliarch