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   Fa·ble

   /ˈfāb(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: "the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox" Similar moral taleparableapologueallegorybestiary
   • ▪ a story, typically a supernatural one incorporating elements of myth and legend: "he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable" Similar mythlegendsagaepicfolk talefolk storytraditional storytalestoryfairy talenarrativeromancefolkloreloremythologyfantasyoral historytraditionfolk traditionold wives' talestechnical:mythosmythusinformal:yarn
   • ▪ myth and legend: "the unnatural monsters of fable"
   • ▪ a false statement or belief: "believers accused the cosmologists of inventing fables on the birth of the universe" Similar falsehoodfibfabricationdeceptionmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newsinventionconcoctionpiece of fictionfictionfalsificationfalsityfairy story/talecock and bull storylieuntruthbarefaced lie(little) white liehalf-truthexaggerationprevaricationdeparture from the truthalternative factyarnstoryred herringrumormythflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationpretensepretextshamrusewiletrickerystratageminformal:tall storytall talewhopperporkypork pieporky piehumorous:terminological inexactitudevulgar slang:bullshitbulldust

   verb

   • 1. tell fictitious tales: archaic "I do not dream nor fable"
   • ▪ fabricate or invent (an incident, person, or story): archaic "men soon fabled up their Histories into Miracle and Wonder"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fabler noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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