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[ fab-yuh-list ] / ˈfæb yə lɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fabulist ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who invents or relates fables. a liar. Origin of fabulist1585–95; <Middle French fabuliste, equivalent to <fābul(a) fable + -iste-ist Words nearby fabulistFabritius, Fabry, Fabry's disease, fabular, fabulate, fabulist, fabulous, fac., facade, facadism, FACCP Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fabulistThe fabulist seems to want only to rant in his new monologue. Mike Daisey’s Monologue ‘Journalism’: This Is Not an Apology Tour|Winston Ross|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST To some I will always be a fabulist, a scoundrel, and a liar. Mike Daisey Remembers Steve Jobs a Year After His Death|Mike Daisey|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST From there stemmed the idea of a fabulist, a man who lives in this alternate reality. Rebecca Miller on Broadway’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ Revival|Rebecca Miller|June 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is subtitled a "family fable" because there is a moral attached, and because Mac was a fabulist. The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|March 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The great German fabulist, Pfeffel, a blind man, once took Billing's arm and went with him into the garden to take an airing. Modern Magic|Maximilian Schele de Vere Edward Moore died; an English fabulist and dramatic writer of considerable note. The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell Querulously he complained that people would not take him seriously, that they treated him as a fabulist. Lafcadio Hearn|Nina H. Kennard "Ah, I see," said the fabulist with a wink aside for Jeff's benefit. Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb Boileau was also a candidate, but the first ballot gave the fabulist 70 sixteen votes against seven only for the critic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1|Various
British Dictionary definitions for fabulist
nouna person who invents or recounts fables a person who lies or falsifies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fabulistfibber, fabricator, prevaricator, storyteller, falsifier, distorter |