Semifable
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which is part fable and part truth.
"1839, Thomas De Quincey, "William Wordsworth"", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine some snatches of tragical story , which , after all , might be an idle semi-fable, improved out of slight materials"
Example
More examples"1839, Thomas De Quincey, "William Wordsworth"", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine some snatches of tragical story , which , after all , might be an idle semi-fable, improved out of slight materials"
Etymology
From semi- + fable.
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