Etymograph

English

imaginitis

From imagine + -itis.

A compound of imagine + -itis

Latin imāgō ‘a copy, likeness’

Latin imāginor ‘to imagine’

Middle French imaginer

Middle English ymagynen ‘to imagine’

English imagine

Today it means

noun A notional disease characterised by a hyperactive imagination.

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