fabulist

English

Etymology

From French fabuliste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæbjəlɪst/

Noun

fabulist (plural fabulists)

1. A person who writes or tells fables.
   • 1843, Abraham Lincoln, Address to the People of Illinois:

     That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks […]

2. (figurative) A liar.
   • 2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say.

Derived terms

• fabulistic

 

Translations

one who writes or tells fables

Bulgarian: баснописец m (basnopisec) Finnish: sadunkertoja, satusetä German: Fabeldichter m, Fabeldichterin f Irish: fabhalscéalaí m Polish: bajkopisarz (pl) m, bajkopis m, bajopis m Spanish: fabulista m or f

a liar

Esperanto: fablisto sg Finnish: satuilija (fi), satusetä French: mythomane (fr) m or f German: Fabulierer m, Fabuliererin f Polish: blagier (pl) m, blagierka f, kłamca (pl)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

Noun

fabulist m (plural fabuliști)

1. fabulist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fabulist	fabulistul		fabuliști	fabuliștii
genitive-dative	fabulist	fabulistului		fabuliști	fabuliștilor
vocative	fabulistule			fabuliștilor