CHIMERIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does chimeric mean? • CHIMERIC (adjective)
The adjective CHIMERIC has 1 sense:
1. being or relating to or like a chimera
Familiarity information: CHIMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHIMERIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Being or relating to or like a chimera
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
chimeral; chimeric; chimerical
Context example:
his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Pertainym:
Chimera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
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