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Traditional English :: fabulist
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faburiusnes.html - n.
1 a composer of fables.
2 a liar. [F fabuliste f. L fabula: see FABLE] |
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Traditional English :: fabulous
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faburiusnes.html - adj. 1 incredible, exaggerated, absurd (fabulous wealth). 2 colloq. marvellous (looking fabulous). 3 a celebrated in fable. b legendary, mythical. fabulosity n. fabulously adv. fabulousness n. [F fabuleux or L fabulosus (as FABLE)] |
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Traditional English :: fab
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faburiusnes.html - adj.
colloq. fabulous, marvellous. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: Fabian
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faburiusnes.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] |
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Traditional English :: fable
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faburiusnes.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] |
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Traditional English :: fabliau
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faburiusnes.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)] |
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