[ 'fɪgm(ə)nt ]
■ noun a thing believed to be real but existing only in the imagination.
Origin
ME (denoting an invented statement): from L. ~um , related to fingere 'form, contrive'; cf. feign and fiction .
[ 'fɪgm(ə)nt ]
■ noun a thing believed to be real but existing only in the imagination.
Origin
ME (denoting an invented statement): from L. ~um , related to fingere 'form, contrive'; cf. feign and fiction .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004