fabulist
fabulist · fabulists
Fabeldichter, Fabeldichterin, Fabulierer, Fabuliererin
A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fablesA person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
/ˈfæbjəlɪst/
» Tom is a serial fabulist.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
Fabeldichter, Fabeldichterin
a person who tells or invents fables
(figuratively)A liar.
Fabulierer, Fabuliererin
Examples
2 sentencesTom is a serial fabulist.
Aesop was a Greek fabulist.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
one who writes or tells fables:
a liar:
Origin
Borrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysisBorrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ist. Compare fabular.
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