Aesopish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables; Aesopian

    "The Lucky One (1919) came to the stage several years later and was somewhat more serious in tone, being a character study of two brothers, one brilliant, one dull; of course, the tortoise won the race for the hand of the girl they both wanted in typically Æsopish fashion."

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aesopian

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"The Lucky One (1919) came to the stage several years later and was somewhat more serious in tone, being a character study of two brothers, one brilliant, one dull; of course, the tortoise won the race for the hand of the girl they both wanted in typically Æsopish fashion."

Etymology

From Aesop + -ish.

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