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Fabled definition: celebrated in fables. See examples of FABLED used in a sentence.
IPA guide. Something that's fabled is very well-known through stories or word-of-mouth, especially for its excellence or rarity. It's worth planning an all-day visit to a museum with a fabled art collection. Some fabled things are legendary by virtue of having actual legends, fables, or myths mention them.
famous and often talked about, but rarely seen synonym legendary. For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. Definition of fabled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · fabled. (feɪbəld ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a person or thing as fabled, especially someone or something remarkable, you mean that they are well known because they are often talked about or a lot of stories are told about them. You cannot go home without visiting the fabled art collections of the Prado. ...the fabled city of Troy.
Literature a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes. Literature legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable. Literature an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable. Literature the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play. idle talk: old wives' fables.
adj. 1. celebrated in fables. 2. having no real existence; fictitious: fabled lands of everlasting plenty. 3. celebrated; famous; renowned: a fabled beauty of stage and screen. [1730–40] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
1. : told about in old stories. a fabled [= legendary] underwater city. 2. [more fabled; most fabled] : widely known : famous. She served us some of her fabled cherry pie. FABLED meaning: 1 : told about in old stories; 2 : widely known famous.
