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- Late Latin · derived fromfigmentum“anything made, a fiction”
- English todayfigment
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.
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figment
Today it means: A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious. Full definition →
Late Latin figmentum