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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fig·ment ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingereto shape — more at dough DATE 15th century : something made up or contrived English Etymology figment early 15c., from L. figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 figment fig·ment / 5fi^mEnt / noun IDIOMS ▪ a figment of sb's imagi'nation something that sb has imagined and that does not really exist 凭空想像的事物；臆造的东西；虚构的事 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fig·ment \ˈfigmənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fig- (stem of fingere to shape, form, devise, feign) + -mentum -ment — more at dough : something made up, fabricated, or contrived < uses this dim figment of the chronicles as an excuse to present the doubts and indecisions of a humanistic age — Herbert Read > < a figment of an author's imagination > Synonyms: see fiction |
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