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chimerical

[ki-mer-i-kuhl, -meer-, kahy-] / kɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl, -ˈmɪər-, kaɪ- /


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It was not done for the sake of such a Chimerical Beauty as that of resembling Virgil in this particular, but for the more just and regular Disposition of this great Work.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Chimerical animals and floral ornaments are often used in enriching these agrafes.

From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.

I should be the most contented happy Man alive, were the Chimerical Happiness which springs from the Paintings of the Fancy less fleeting and transitory.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Chimerical as it may sound even to suppose such a thing, there seems no valid reason why it might not have been.

From The Story of Ireland by Lawless, Emily

Chimerical dreams of souls romantic Are out of date as an old wife's rune.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence




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