Associations to the word «Fables»
Noun
- Fontaine
- Parable
- Allegory
- Proverb
- Gods
- Ovid
- Tortoise
- Moral
- Tale
- Chaucer
- Grasshopper
- Folklore
- Anecdote
- Epic
- Brewer
- Myth
- Satire
- Stork
- Grimm
- Hare
- Herodotus
- Dryden
- Psyche
- Conte
- Superstition
- Mythology
- Chivalry
- Bee
- Faulkner
- Gypsy
- Preface
- Plato
- Allusion
- Narrative
- Storytelling
- Legend
- Cock
- Idiom
- Antiquity
- Lore
- Verse
- Maxim
- Labyrinth
- Fairy
- Novella
- Prometheus
- Ant
- Adversary
- Hero
- Romance
- Virgil
- Telling
- Frog
- Hercules
- Phrase
- Nag
- Ass
- Fox
- Metaphor
- Poem
- Dictionary
- Cupid
- Florian
- Story
- Ode
- Beast
- Aristotle
- Cato
- Falsehood
- Personage
Adjective
Wiktionary
FABLE, noun. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
FABLE, noun. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
FABLE, noun. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
FABLE, noun. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
FABLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
FABLE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
Dictionary definition
FABLE, noun. A deliberately false or improbable account.
FABLE, noun. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
FABLE, noun. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
Wise words
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before
you let it fall.