Definitions
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Word origin
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula.
Used in a sentence
“But refuſe prophane and olde wiues fables, and exerciſe thy ſelfe rather vnto godlineſſe.”
“[…]we grew / The fable of the city where we dwelt.”
“I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune by secret methods to other men.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Moral tale”5 letters
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