adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop. not-comparable
2. 2
   Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables. comparable
3. 3
   Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning. comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

aesopicaesopicaesopicalaesopishesopic

Etymology

From Latin Aesopius (“Aesopian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos, “the famous Greek fabulist Aesop”).

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