单词 | without fable |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout (but, sans) fable d. A fiction invented to deceive; a fabrication, falsehood. †Phrase, without (but, sans) fable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] > an invention, fiction, story fablec1300 fantasy1362 feigning1388 invention?a1513 story?1531 finctionc1540 figment1577 fingure1593 fiction1599 knavigation1613 flam1632 gun1720 novel1764 fabrication1790 fudge1797 gag1805 myth1840 make-up1844 concoction1885 fictionalization1954 c1300 K. Alis. 134 Of gold he made a table Al ful of steorren, saun fable. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 146 Men..Þat neuer lufed fable bot mayntend pes & right. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4608 Þis ȝe witeþ wel alle with-oute any fabul. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2349 Bot for þis hight moght be no fabul. a1500 Childe of Bristowe 227 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 119 Al thynges..he gaf aboute, withouten fable, to pore men. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 534 Rycht fair he wes and feccfull als but fabill. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxviiv The writers of Frenche fables to deface the glorye of the Englishmen, write [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 74 Sans Fable, she her selfe reuil'd you there. View more context for this quotation 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §1. 2 The fables of the Egyptians. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 457 This is not a Fable forg'd by me, Like one of his, an Ulyssean Lie. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 52 What is said..on this subject in the Courier d'Europe is entirely fable. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 8 The extraordinary success of the fables of Oates. < as lemmas |
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