FABLE
ADJECTIVES
► AFFABULATORY of the nature of the moral of a fable; having a moral → 1652 obs.
► APOLOGAL of the nature of an apologue or fable → 1652 obs.
► APOLOGICAL of the nature of an apologue, parable or fable → 1623 obs.
► FABULAR pert. to a fable → 1684
► FABULISTIC devoted to the composition of fables or apologues → 1630 obs.
► FABULOSE fond of fables, myths, or enigmas → 1677 obs.
NOUNS
► AFFABULATION the moral of a fable → 1649 obs.
► FABULATION the act of fabulating; the moralizing of fables → 1727 obs.
► FABULOSITY fondness for narrating or inventing fables → 1599
– a fable → 1601 obs.
► RANE idle, unmeaning talk frequently repeated; a frequent repetition of the same sound; a fable → 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TALE IN A TUB, A a fable; an old wife’s tale → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FABLE-MONGER one who invents or repeats fables → 1678
► FABLER a writer of fables or apologues → 1382 obs.
► FABULATOR one who fabulates or relates fables; a story-teller → 1604
► FABULIST one who relates fables or legends; a writer or teller of apologues or parables → 1593
VERBS
► FABULATE to relate as a tale or myth; to talk or narrate in fables → 1616 obs.
► FABULIZE to invent fables; to relate as legend → 1612 obs.
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