fabulist
Americannoun
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a person who invents or recounts fables
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a person who lies or falsifies
Etymology
Origin of fabulist
1585–95; < Middle French fabuliste, equivalent to < fābul ( a ) fable + -iste -ist
Example Sentences
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The candidates were competing to replace George Santos, a serial fabulist who made the district a national laughingstock, and an Election Day snowstorm gave Suozzi an 11th-hour boost.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
George Santos, the infamous fabulist, got the boot from Congress last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
The serial fabulist, indicted on 23 federal felony counts, arrived on the Capitol grounds at 8 a.m.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Embattled fabulist Rep. George Santos is staring down a potential vote to expel him from Congress.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2023
But La Fontaine, in this abbreviated history, is only the echo of another fabulist.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
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