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Chimer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who chimes.

Chimer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who chimes.

Chimera [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In fabulous history, a monster with three heads, that of a lion, of a goat, and of a dragon, vomiting flames. The foreparts of the body wee those of a lion, the middle was that of a goat, and the hinder parts were those of a dragon; supposed to represent a volcanic mountain in Lycia, whose top was the resort of lions, the middle, that of goats, and the foot, that of serpents. Hence,

2. In modern usage, a vain or idle fancy; a creature of the imagination, composed of contradictions or absurdities, that can have no existence except in thought.

Chimera [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

Chimeras [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Chimera

Chimere [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.

Chimeric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chimerical.

Chimerical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; that has, or can have no existence except in thought.

Chimerical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

Chimerically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wildly; vainly; fancifully; fantastically.

Chimerically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wildy; vainly; fancifully.