Have you ever seen the word "figment" used in any phrase other than "figment of the imagination"?

Question

I never have seen the word "figment" used in any phrase other than "figment of the(his,her,your,someone's etc.) imagination"? Other than the little dragon Disney character named Figment. Just strange to me that there is a word that is only used in one phase.

Answer 1

The assumption that the adjective "gaudy" is based on the name of the Art Nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí is a figment of urban mythology.

Novelists and playwrights prodigiously create figments that we enjoy to the same degree.

Distinguishing truth from the figments of politics is a full-time job for thousands of people and a cottage industry for millions more.

Answer 2

no, as a matter of fact i havent. its kind of amusing though, because when you say "a figment of the imagination" it is actually kind of redundant since figment actually means "something invented, made up, or fabricated". anyways, it could be used in other ways, such as "he created this toy through a mere figment he had drawn out on paper", but i think most people dont feel confident enough in their knowledge of word's meaning to actually use it in any context other than "figment of the(his,her,your,someone's etc.) imagination".

Answer 3

I have never heard it used any other way except for the figmentations mentioned above.

Answer 4

nope- i never have