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chimæric

chimæric

See also: chimaeric

English

Adjective

chimæric (comparative more chimæric, superlative most chimæric)

  1. Obsolete form of chimaeric.
    • 1795, Christoph Martin Wieland, Dialogues of the God, page 47:
      I even believe that in the occidental nations the people are like-minded; and would every where bear the yoke as patiently if they were not aroused by restless, ambitious men, who by the imagery of a chimæric freedom entice them to dangerous extravagances.