fabler

Variant of fable

fable definition

fa·ble (fā′bəl)

noun

  1. a fictitious story meant to teach a moral lesson: the characters are usually talking animals
  2. a myth or legend
  3. a story that is not true; falsehood
  4. Archaic the plot of a literary work

Etymology: ME < OFr < L fabula, a story < fari, to speak: see fame

intransitive verb, transitive verb fabled -·bled, fabling -·bling

to write or tell (fables, legends, or falsehoods)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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