fabula
Americannoun
plural
fabulae, fabulasOther Word Forms
- fabular adjective
Example Sentences
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One legacy of this fourth season is that comedy nerds of the future, looking back on the puzzles of it, will all have to learn to talk smartly about fabula and syuzhet.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2013
She goes to confession; and recollect, American reader, that what I here state is "Mutata fabula de te ipso narratur."
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
Si rect� aspicias, vita h�c est fabula qu�dam.
From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
If not a hypocrite or a vain man, he may find himself blushing at the thought de me fabula narratur.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
It is too common an experience when foreigners treat such things, and I say this with the fullest awareness of the danger of De te fabula.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
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