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[ adjective ] not based on fact; dubious
Examples "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt "a small child's imaginary friends" "her imagined fame" "to create a notional world for oneself" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)For many nights afterward , the idea of her having been so close to me in_that imagined bed would return and fill me with obscure and painful desires , would cause me to lie_awake in shame , tossing with irresolution , longing to fall into a deep sleep . The kiss outraged our friends but it was done and meanwhile had released in me all the remote , exciting premonitions of lust , all the mysterious sensations that I had imagined a truly consummated kiss would convey to me . Related terms |
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