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fabulist - 3 dictionary results

fab⋅u⋅list

[fab-yuh-list]
–noun
1. a person who invents or relates fables.
2. a liar.

Origin:
1585–95; < MF fabuliste, equiv. to < fābul(a) fable + -iste -ist
fab·u·list   (fāb'yə-lĭst)   
n.  
  1. A composer of fables.
  2. A teller of tales; a liar.

[French fabuliste, from Latin fābula, fable; see fable.]

Fabulist

Fab"u*list\, n. [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.] One who invents or writes fables.
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