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apologue

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ap⋅o⋅logue

  [ap-uh-lawg, -log]
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–noun
1. a didactic narrative; a moral fable.
2. an allegory.
Origin:
1545–55; (< MF) < L apologus < Gk apólogos fable. See apo-, -logue

Related forms:
ap⋅o⋅log⋅al, adjective
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ap·o·logue   (āp'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  A moral fable, especially one having animals or inanimate objects as characters.

[French, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos : apo-, apo- + logos, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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