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apologue

[ ap-uh-lawg, -log ]
/ ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /
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noun
a didactic narrative; a moral fable.
an allegory.
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Origin of apologue

1545–55; (<Middle French ) <Latin apologus<Greek apólogos fable. See apo-, -logue

OTHER WORDS FROM apologue

ap·o·log·al, adjective

Words nearby apologue

apologetics, apologia, Apologia pro Vita Sua, apologist, apologize, apologue, apology, apolune, apomict, apomixis, apomorphine
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Words related to apologue

allegory, fable, parable, story

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British Dictionary definitions for apologue

apologue
/ (ˈæpəˌlɒɡ) /
noun
an allegory or moral fable

Word Origin for apologue

C17: from Latin, from Greek apologos
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