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CHIMERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chimeral mean? 

CHIMERAL (adjective)
  The adjective CHIMERAL has 1 sense:

1. being or relating to or like a chimeraplay

  Familiarity information: CHIMERAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIMERAL (adjective)


Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

chimera (a grotesque product of the imagination)

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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