Chimeric (adjective): Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination.

“To see more than these chimeric glimpses, you have to peer beneath the surface.”

“Walk with Me” – David L Ulin

Upon first coming across this word I was very concerned as the only chimera I know is one with a lion’s head, a goat’s head protruding from its back and a snake for a tail. The creature was supposed to be a mythical Greek creation… why was this man seeing one? Although luckily when I researched the word, I found out that the meaning has changed some since its initial inception.