chimaera

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
noun a grotesque product of the imagination
noun a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.

On what Chimaera rest then your hopes? — The Monk: A Romance, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
I will send him to fight the Chimaera." — The Book of Stories for the Story-teller, Fanny E. (Fanny Eliza) Coe
First, dire Chimaera’s conquest was enjoin’d; A mingled monster of no mortal kind! — The Iliad, Homer

Chimera

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