imaginary museum

noun

A person's essential or favorite works of art, regarded as a collection that could be brought together as a single ideal museum for that person.

OriginFrench musée imaginaire →
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Meanings

nounimaginary museum (plural imaginary museums)

plural imaginary museums

  1. A person's essential or favorite works of art, regarded as a collection that could be brought together as a single ideal museum for that person.

Origin

  1. Frenchmusée imaginaire
  2. Englishimaginary museum

Calque of French musée imaginaire.

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