Fable
91fable — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin fabula conversation, story, play, from fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century a fictitious narrative or statement: as a. a legendary story of supernatural happenings b. a… …
92fable — Synonyms and related words: Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, action, adventure story, allegory, anagnorisis, angle, apologue, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bedtime story, canard, catastrophe,… …
93fable — The description in AV for fictitious ‘old wives’ tales (1 Tim. 4:7); called ‘cunningly devised’ (2 Pet. 1:16). NRSV, REB, and NJB prefer the translation ‘myths’ but this adds to the difficulty of rescuing the use of ‘myth’ by modern theologians… …
94fable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parable, allegory, moral tale; apologue; myth, legend, fiction. See description, falsehood, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. allegory, tale, parable; see story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …
95fable — fa|ble [ feıbl ] noun count or uncount a traditional story, usually about animals, that teaches a moral lesson …
96fable — , parable, allegory, myth Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical… …
97fable — fa·ble || feɪbl n. tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale …
98fable n — fibula n …
99fable — I. n. 1. Story (fictitious), tale, parable, apologue, allegory, myth, legend. 2. Plot, action, series of events. 3. Fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, forgery, invention, fabrication, figment, coinage of the brain. II. v. n. Tell fables, make… …
100fable — noun Syn: parable, allegory, myth, legend, story …
