n. [ L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign. ] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. [ 1913 Webster ]
Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . than of truth and reality. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]