Antonyms for chimera
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ki-meer-uh, kahy- |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɪˈmɪər ə, kaɪ- |
Definition of chimera
Origin :- fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera, from Latin Chimaera, from Greek khimaira, name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros), from kheima "winter season" (see hibernation). Figurative meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1580s in English (attested 13c. in French).
- Beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun. [Wyclif, "Prologue"]
- noun dream, fantasy
- He can not easily believe it to be simply a chimera of an overwrought brain.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- The chimera and other animal monsters occur only as figments of the mind.
- Extract from : « The Classification of Patents » by United States Patent Office
- Ah, that woman in the mask, that chimera of a night, that fancy of an hour!
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- Do not delude me with a chimera, and above all do not tempt me to sacrifice my honour to it.
- Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez
- For it was evident that to them, this chimera was still real.
- Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht
- A peasant war could at the moment be only a chimera, impossible of realization.
- Extract from : « Kosciuszko » by Monica Mary Gardner
- Was it only a chimera of my unbalanced imagination—or was it actual fact?
- Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
- She seemed unable to describe the chimera of her imagination.
- Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
- To control a Parisian populace has hitherto been deemed a chimera.
- Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg
- Having, I say, felt its truth here; for the feeling is no affectation or chimera.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
Synonyms for chimera
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