apologue

[ ap-uh-lawg, -log ]

/ ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

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noun

a didactic narrative; a moral fable.

an allegory.

Nearby words

apologetics, apologia, apologia pro vita sua, apologist, apologize, apologue, apology, apolune, apomict, apomixis, apomorphine

Origin of apologue

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

Related forms

ap·o·log·al, adjective

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Examples from the Web for apologue

The apologue is quite clear; and yet a certain amount of intelligence is necessary for its comprehension.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly.
Anglo-Saxon Literature|John Earle
Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history.
What's Wrong With The World|G.K. Chesterton
But the "armed Greeks" of More's apologue found a yet wider field in the reform of the higher education of the country.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8)|John Richard Green

It begins with the apologue of the hawk and nightingale already quoted.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds

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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