confabulatev.

/kənˈfabjʊleɪt/

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin confābulārī, < con- together + fābulārī to talk, chat, < fābula a tale: see fable n.

1. intransitive. To talk familiarly together, converse, chat.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat

dallyc1300

confablec1450

crack1529

tattle1547

chat1551

confabulate1604

confab1741

prosea1764

parleyvoo1765

coze1818

yarn1819

cosher1833

to pass a good morning1835

small-talk1848

mardle1853

cooze1870

chinwag1879

rap1909

kibitz1923

to shoot the breeze1941

old-talk1956

ole-talk1971

gyaff1976

gist1992

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Confabulate, to talke together.

1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 32 This body and the Stars confabulating together, the Mind is informed of things to come.

1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 72 Moses and Elias were at the Transfiguration, and did confabulate with Jesus.

1785 W. Cowper Pairing Time 2 I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no.

1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 419 The women..often awake to confabulate even at midnight.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 248 They did not cluster on the tree-tops..caw and confabulate For nothing.

2. intransitive. Psychiatry. To fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > fabricate memories

confabulate1924

1924 A. A. Brill tr. E. Bleuler Textbk. Psychiatry ii. 107 Many paretics..spontaneously confabulate in a very profuse manner.

1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 232 [The patient's] memory was grossly impaired and she confabulated freely.

1963 J. Hoenig & M. W. Hamilton tr. K. T. Jaspers Gen. Psychopathol. iv. xii. 592 The conspicuous ease and facility with which these patients confabulate in place of their real memories.

Derivatives

conˈfabulating adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > memory disorders > fabricating memories

confabulating1965

1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. iii. 37/1 If a confabulating hospital patient is asked to recount the events of his day he may state with complete conviction that he has been in a distant city and describe his adventures there in detail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	confabulate
释义	confabulatev. /kənˈfabjʊleɪt/ Etymology: < participial stem of Latin confābulārī, < con- together + fābulārī to talk, chat, < fābula a tale: see fable n. 1. intransitive. To talk familiarly together, converse, chat. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat dallyc1300 confablec1450 crack1529 tattle1547 chat1551 confabulate1604 confab1741 prosea1764 parleyvoo1765 coze1818 yarn1819 cosher1833 to pass a good morning1835 small-talk1848 mardle1853 cooze1870 chinwag1879 rap1909 kibitz1923 to shoot the breeze1941 old-talk1956 ole-talk1971 gyaff1976 gist1992 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Confabulate, to talke together. 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 32 This body and the Stars confabulating together, the Mind is informed of things to come. 1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 72 Moses and Elias were at the Transfiguration, and did confabulate with Jesus. 1785 W. Cowper Pairing Time 2 I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 419 The women..often awake to confabulate even at midnight. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 248 They did not cluster on the tree-tops..caw and confabulate For nothing. 2. intransitive. Psychiatry. To fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > fabricate memories confabulate1924 1924 A. A. Brill tr. E. Bleuler Textbk. Psychiatry ii. 107 Many paretics..spontaneously confabulate in a very profuse manner. 1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 232 [The patient's] memory was grossly impaired and she confabulated freely. 1963 J. Hoenig & M. W. Hamilton tr. K. T. Jaspers Gen. Psychopathol. iv. xii. 592 The conspicuous ease and facility with which these patients confabulate in place of their real memories. Derivatives conˈfabulating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > memory disorders > fabricating memories confabulating1965 1965 E. Rosen & I. Gregory Abnormal Psychol. iii. 37/1 If a confabulating hospital patient is asked to recount the events of his day he may state with complete conviction that he has been in a distant city and describe his adventures there in detail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1604
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