Both Uses of
chimera
in
Jane Eyre
- During the intervening period I had no time to nurse chimeras; and I believe I was as active and gay as anybody — Adele excepted.†
Chpt 17
- As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera.†
Chpt 28 *
Definition:
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(chimera) something imagined, but not possible -- often an idea requiring an impossible combination