fabulist

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English

Etymology

From French fabuliste.

Pronunciation

Noun

fabulist (plural fabulists)

  1. A person who writes or tells fables.
    • 1843, Abraham Lincoln, Address to the People of Illinois:
      That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks []
  2. (figurative) A liar.
    • 2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say.

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

Noun

fabulist m (plural fabuliști)

  1. fabulist

Declension

singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) fabulist fabulistul (niște) fabuliști fabuliștii
genitive/dative (unui) fabulist fabulistului (unor) fabuliști fabuliștilor
vocative fabulistule fabuliștilor