affabulationn.

Brit.

/əˌfabjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˌfæbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin affabulation-, affabulatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin affabulation-, affabulatio moral of a fable (5th or 6th cent. in Priscian) < classical Latin af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + fābulātiō fabulation n., after Hellenistic Greek ἐπιμύθιον epimyth n. Compare French affabulation moral of a fable or tale (1798; now rare), (now chiefly, perhaps showing an independent re-formation on the model of classical Latin fābula fable n.) narrative frame of a work of fiction (1863).

rare.

The moral of a fable, tale, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > moral

moralityc1390

moralc1528

affabulation1641

prudential1719

moralism1836

maxim1883

1641 N. Coppinger Seasonable Speech sig. A3 The Mythologie and Affabulation hereof, may agree with our times; for there may be a Golden Morall contained in a leaden Fable.

1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 97 As an Affabulation to the Apologue of the hinder parts.

1833 Paris: Bk. One-hundred-and-one II. 202 What great lessons, what sublime affabulations are to be found in a sight, which seems so devoid of meaning to those unable to understand it!

1973 J. M. Miller et al. tr. Priscian in Readings Medieval Rhetoric vi. 53 The moral of the fable, which we call epimythion (and which we can also call the affabulation).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affabulation
释义	affabulationn. Brit. /əˌfabjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌfæbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin affabulation-, affabulatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin affabulation-, affabulatio moral of a fable (5th or 6th cent. in Priscian) < classical Latin af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + fābulātiō fabulation n., after Hellenistic Greek ἐπιμύθιον epimyth n. Compare French affabulation moral of a fable or tale (1798; now rare), (now chiefly, perhaps showing an independent re-formation on the model of classical Latin fābula fable n.) narrative frame of a work of fiction (1863). rare. The moral of a fable, tale, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > moral moralityc1390 moralc1528 affabulation1641 prudential1719 moralism1836 maxim1883 1641 N. Coppinger Seasonable Speech sig. A3 The Mythologie and Affabulation hereof, may agree with our times; for there may be a Golden Morall contained in a leaden Fable. 1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 97 As an Affabulation to the Apologue of the hinder parts. 1833 Paris: Bk. One-hundred-and-one II. 202 What great lessons, what sublime affabulations are to be found in a sight, which seems so devoid of meaning to those unable to understand it! 1973 J. M. Miller et al. tr. Priscian in Readings Medieval Rhetoric vi. 53 The moral of the fable, which we call epimythion (and which we can also call the affabulation). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1641
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