chimerical Definition

chimera
chimaera
noun chimeras, chimaeras

1. A wild or impossible idea.

Thesaurus: delusion, illusion, figment, hallucination, fancy, dream, fantasy, phantasmagoria, vagary, snare, specter.
2. Greek mythol.
A fire-breathing monster, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a serpent.
Form: Chimera
3. A beast made up from various different animals, especially in art.
4. biol.
An organism made up of two or more genetically distinct tissues.

Derivative: chimeric

Relating to, or of the nature of, a chimera.

Wild or fanciful.
Thesaurus: illusory, imaginary, visionary, fabulous, fantastic, whimsical, illusive, quixotic, unfounded; Antonym: real.

Derivative: chimerically
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from Greek chimaira she-goat.