fable
noun
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: Aesop's fables.
outfable
-
a word derived from
fable.
Example Sentences
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In wealth, sheer undevaluable silver, gold and gems, nearly every potentate in London last week surpassed George V. But there was the usual tendency in the English Press to outfable the fabulous.
From Time Magazine Archive
