figmentary

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• antelope — [15] Antelope comes from medieval Greek antholops. In the Middle Ages it was applied to an outlandish but figmentary beast, in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch, having… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• notional — adj 1. abstract, theoretical, speculative, conceptual, ideational, hypothetical, reflective. 2. unreal, imaginary, ideal, idealistic, Utopian; visionary, envisioned, dreamed, fabled, fabulous, illusory, fancied, fanciful, romantic;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• phantasmal — adj unreal, illusory, delusory, imaginary, imagined, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical; chimerical, fanciful, fancy bred, fancied, figmental, figmentary; aerial, unsubstantial, incorporeal, airy, vaporous, ethereal, cloud built, air built;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• visionary — adj 1. impractical, unrealistic, unworkable, unfeasible, theoretical, academic, impracticable; Utopian, idealistic, romantic, quixotic, starry eyed, dewy eyed; pie in the sky, wish fulfilling. 2. unreal, imaginary, imagined, illusory, delusory,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• antelope — [15] Antelope comes from medieval Greek antholops. In the Middle Ages it was applied to an outlandish but figmentary beast, in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch, having… …   Word origins

• fig|men|tar|y — «FIHG muhn TEHR ee», adjective. fictitious; imaginary; not real: »figmentary fears …   Useful english dictionary