Reverse Dictionary: IMAGINARY

ADJECTIVES
► AERIAL unreal, imaginary; fanciful, other-worldly → 1581
► AIR-DRAWN imaginary → 1623 obs.
► FANTASTIC existing only in imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal → a1387 obs.
► FANTASTICAL existing only imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal → c1485 obs.
► FUSTIAN ‘made up’, imaginary → 1601 obs.
► IMAGINATE imagined, imaginary → 1533 chiefly Sc., obs.
► IMAGINATORY imaginary; imaginative → a1618 obs.
► OPINIONATIVE of the nature of opinion; fancied, imaginary; conjectural, speculative → c1555 obs.
► RURITANIAN relating to any imaginary or hypothetical country → 1896

NOUNS
► BILLY GO NIMBLES an imaginary disease → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BISCUIT BUSH an imaginary object used in teasing a naive or inexperienced person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERBOO. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOJUM an imaginary animal, particularly dangerous kind of ‘snark’ → 1904
► BUGABO  ► BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1787 Amer. dial.
► BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CABOOSE MICE an imaginary disease → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CAN’T-HELP-ITS an imaginary disease or condition; also, delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CATAWAMPUS ► CATTYWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1843 Amer. dial.
► CHINESE ROT an imaginary disease → 1968 Amer. sl., usually offensive
► COOTIES an imaginary disease or infestation that could be transmitted by close contact, thus creating a stigma for the person who is said to have it → 1971 US sl.
► DANCHY an imaginary animal or monster used to frighten children → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIDDY-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off → 1929 Amer. dial.
► DISHWAHER DIARRHEA an imaginary ailment one fabricates as an excuse for not doing the dishes after dinner or any other chore → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DOO-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off → 1988 Amer. dial.
► EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1984 Amer. dial.
► EIGHT-O’CLOCK FEVER an imaginary disease → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ELBEDRITSCH an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is sent to hunt or capture → 1889 Amer. dial.
► EPIDOOZICK an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EPIZEEMA an imaginary disease → 1967 Amer. dial.
► EPIZOOTIC an imaginary disease → 1950 Amer. dial.
► EPIZOOTIS an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EPIZOOTY an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FANTOD a minor or imaginary disease → 19C US sl.
► FEVER AND LURK the ‘disease’ of laziness; an imaginary disease → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FEVER DELUXE an imaginary disease → 1969 Amer. dial.
► FIFTH AND JAPIP an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1984 Amer. dial.
► FILLILOO BIRD 1. an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns → 1899 Amer. dial.
2. an imaginary bird of Maine fables that flies backward to see where it’s been or to keep the wind out of its face → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FIST CITY an imaginary place where disputes are settled by fistfights→ 1936 Amer. dial.
► FLIPPO an imaginary bird that flies with his back down and his breast up → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLOOZY, THE an imaginary disease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLU-FLUX an imaginary disease → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GANDIVEESE a trifling or imaginary illness, esp. one used as an excuse for shirking work → 1900 Sc.
► GLAWACKUS an imaginary monster → 1939 Amer. dial.
► GODAPHRO an imaginary monster → 1939 Amer. logging usage
► GOLLIWOG ► GOLLYWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature → 1931 Amer. dial.
► GOLLY-WOPPER BIRD an imaginary bird → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GONNYWOBBLES an imaginary disease; depression or nervousness → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GOOFUS BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns → 1935 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE FEVER an imaginary disease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEN’S TEETH nonsense; something imaginary → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HEPAZOOTIS an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HIACAPOOKA an imaginary or indescribable disease → 1908 Amer. dial.
► HIACAPOOKUMS an imaginary or indescribable disease → 1908 Amer. dial.
► HICTAMUS an imaginary disease → 1950 Amer. dial.
► HIGH-JEETIS an imaginary disease → 1970 Amer. dial.
► HIGULCION FLIPS an imaginary ailment → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HUMDUDGEON an imaginary illness; hypochondria → 1785
► IMAGINARIES an imaginary disease → 1966 Amer. jocular
► IMAGINATIONS an imaginary disease → 1966 Amer. jocular
► JABIB ► JABIP an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1983 Amer. dial.
► JACKALOPE an imaginary animal → 1955 Amer. dial.
► JIMPLECUTE 1867 Amer. dial. – an imaginary monster
► JUBJUB an imaginary bird of a ferocious, desperate, and occasionally charitable nature, noted for its excellence when cooked → 1871
► LEEDS DEVIL an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin → 1939 Amer. dial.
► LEEDS’S GHOST an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin → 1945 Amer. dial.
► LOPSY LOWS an imaginary disease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MAN IN THE MOON, THE an imaginary person → 1596
► MIDSUMMER-COME-NEVER an imaginary season which never arrives → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MOLLYCODDLES an imaginary disease or illness → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS ► MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOON CRUMBLER an imaginary animal said to live in the woods → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MOONER an imaginary animal to which night sounds are attributed; an imaginary animal said to live in the woods → 1914 Amer. dial.
► NINE-O’CLOCK BENDS ► NINE-O’CLOCK BLUES an imaginary disease → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OODNAGALAHBI ► OODNAGALLABI an imaginary, out-of-the-way, uncivilized place → 1968 Aust. sl.
► OODNAWOOP-WOOP an imaginary, out-of-the-way, uncivilized place → 1968 Aust. sl.
► POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness → 1971 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED ROARER some imaginary beast → Bk1903 Amer. sl.
► RURITANIA a state or country seen as a setting for romantic adventure and intrigue; generally, any imaginary or hypothetical country → 1894
► SHAFT an imaginary pole which is thrust up one’s anus → 20C sl.
► SHAGIMAW an imaginary creature of the woods with two feet like a moose and two like a bear → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SIREN an imaginary species of serpent → 1340 obs.
► SPLACKNUCK an imaginary animal of Brobdingnag; a strange animal or person → 1726
► SWAMP GABOON an imaginary animal by which the tracks of snow shoes are said to be made → Bk1913 Amer. dial.
► SWAMP WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TADY-WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TREE  SQUEAK an imaginary bird or animal → Bk1913 Amer. dial.
► TWILL-DO BIRD an imaginary bird, that flies backwards, ‘he don’t care where he’s goin’, he just wants to see where he’s been’ → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WALLOPA-WILLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman → 1892 Amer. dial.
► WAMPUS ► WAMPUS CAT ► WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → 1878 Amer. dial.
► WAPALOOSIE an imaginary animal → 1910 Amer. dial.
► WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS, THE an imaginary date that will never arrive → 1760 obs.
► WHIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named → 1932 Amer. dial.
► WHIFFLE-BIRD an imaginary bird → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► WHISTLING WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1950 Amer. dial.
► WHOMPUS ► WHOMPUS CAT an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named → 1939 Amer. dial.
► WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman → 1892 Amer. dial.
► WILLIPUS-WAMPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman → 1921 Amer. dial.
► WILLY-NILLIES, THE an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WITHERLICK an imaginary or mythical animal → 1900 Amer. dial.
► WOMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → 1878 Amer. dial.
► WOOLLIES, THE an imaginary disease → 1965 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► IMAGINARIAN one who occupies himself with imaginary things → 1830 obs.
► NEWLICKS ► NOOLUCKS an imaginary person → 1835 sl.
► RURITANIAN a person associated with romantic adventure and intrigue; also, an imaginary or hypothetical person → 1935