chimerical

English

Etymology

From chimera, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”). This term entered English around 1638.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/

Adjective

chimerical (comparative more chimerical, superlative most chimerical)

Of or pertaining to a chimera.
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
Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
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

Esperanto: ĥimera
French: chimérique (fr)

German: Chimären- (de)
Irish: ciméarach

being a figment of the imagination

Esperanto: ĥimera
German: chimärenhaft

Russian: химери́чный (ru) (ximeríčnyj), химери́ческий (ru) (ximeríčeskij)
Ukrainian: химеристий (xymerystyj)

inherently fantastic

Arabic: خُرَافِيّ‎ (ḵurāfiyy)
Esperanto: ĥimera
German: chimärisch (de), wunderhaft

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)

Russian: химе́рный (ru) (ximérnyj)
Spanish: quimérico (es)
Ukrainian: химе́рний (xymérnyj)

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} ciméarach

Italian: ^{(please verify)} chimerico (it)

Anagrams

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