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chimerical [kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl kɪ-], chimeric adj
1. wildly fanciful; imaginary 2. given to or indulging in fantasies chimerically adv chimericalness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Ferguson passed for a purely chimerical personage of the Barnum stamp, who, after having gone through the United States, proposed to "do" the British Isles. The notion generally received is, that the coral found in such quantities at the bottom of the sea might communicate this colour to the water: an account merely chimerical. It was past a question now that Faria was not a lunatic, and the way in which he had achieved the discovery, which had given rise to the suspicion of his madness, increased Edmond's admiration of him; but at the same time Dantes could not believe that the deposit, supposing it had ever existed, still existed; and though he considered the treasure as by no means chimerical, he yet believed it was no longer there. |
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