fable
Definition of fable:
-
-
part of speech: verb
-
part of speech: noun
A short tale or story intended to instruct or amuse, the incidents of which are improbable; an idle story; a falsehood.
-
part of speech: noun
A feigned story or tale intended to instruct or amuse; the plot or series of events in an epic or dramatic poem; fiction; a falsehood.
-
Usage examples for fable:
-
This appears a fable wholly without foundation.
"Harold, Complete The Last Of The Saxon Kings" – Edward Bulwer-Lytton -
He thinks its changes of color, which are no fable depend on the will or on the sensations, and not on the color of the object the animal rests upon.
"To Cuba and Back" – Richard Henry Dana
