Definition of FIGMENT

figment

Plural: figments

Noun

  • A thing that someone believes to be real but exists only in imagination.
  • a contrived or fantastic idea
    • "a figment of the imagination"
  • A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
  • An item which has been crafted.

Examples

  • a figment of one's imagination
  • His grand plan for a seven-letter word was just a FIGMENT of his hopeful imagination.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign.

Scrabble Score: 13

figment: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
figment: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
figment: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

figment: valid Words With Friends Word