fabicator.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism.

--adj.

1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians.
2 employing a cautiously persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy (Fabian tactics).

Fabianism n. Fabianist n. [L Fabianus f. the name of Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator (= delayer), Roman general of the 3rd c. BC, noted for cautious strategies]

fabicator.html - adj.
colloq. fabulous, marvellous. [abbr.]

fabicator.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism.

--adj.

1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians.
2 employing a cautiously persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy (Fabian tactics).

Fabianism n. Fabianist n. [L Fabianus f. the name of Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator (= delayer), Roman general of the 3rd c. BC, noted for cautious strategies]

fabicator.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a story, esp. a supernatural one, not based on fact. b a tale, esp. with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
2 (collect.) myths and legendary tales (in fable).
3 a a false statement; a lie. b a thing only supposed to exist.

--v.

1 intr. tell fictitious tales.
2 tr. describe fictitiously.
3 tr. (as fabled adj.) celebrated in fable; famous, legendary.

fabler n. [ME f. OF fabler f. L fabulari f. fabula discourse f. fari speak]

fabicator.html - n.
(pl. fabliaux) a metrical tale in early French poetry, often coarsely humorous. [F f. OF dialect fabliaux, -ax pl. of fablel dimin. (as FABLE)]

fabicator.html - n.
1 a a woven material; a textile. b other material resembling woven cloth.
2 a structure or framework, esp. the walls, floor, and roof of a building.
3 (in abstract senses) the essential structure or essence of a thing (the fabric of society). [ME f. F fabrique f. L fabrica f. faber metal-worker etc.]