Word of the Day – Chimera

• Noun:  Chimera
  1. (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
  2. any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals.
  3. an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution
  4. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
•  Synonyms:
  1. illusion
  2. fantasy
  3. delusion
  4. dream
  5. daydream
  6. pipe dream
  7. figment of the/one’s imagination
  8. castle in the air
  9. mirage
• Usage:
  1. “Conscience is the chaos of chimeras, of lusts, and of temptations; the furnace of dreams; the lair of ideas of which we are ashamed; it is the pandemonium of sophisms; it is the battlefield of the passions. .”
• Encountered:
  1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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