Semifable

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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"

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"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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