fabled

[fey-buhld]

adjective

1. celebrated in fables.

   a fabled goddess of the wood.

2. having no real existence; fictitious.

   a fabled chest of gold.

fabled

/ ˈfeɪbəld /

adjective

1. made famous in fable

2. fictitious

Other Word Forms

• unfabled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabled¹

First recorded in 1730–40; fable + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Esteban had left his parents’ farm in Sinaloa in northern Mexico at 17 and came here, like everyone else, searching for the fabled American dream.

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Like Vecna, “Stranger Things” is a different beast than other shows gazing backwards through rose-tinted lenses because Hawkins is an idealized version of Reagan’s fabled “Morning in America” era.

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All previous Ashes Tests in this city were at the fabled Waca, a notoriously hostile ground for visiting teams.

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His previous work included helping excavate a land site at Gordion, Turkey, which, in the eighth century BCE, had been the capital of King Midas’s fabled golden empire.

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Last winter, nearly 3.9 million domestic tourists visited Miami, many of them hoping to thaw out on its fabled beaches.

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Related Words

• fabulous 
• famed 
• famous 
• fictional 
• mythical 
• storied