Aesopian

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See also: Æsopian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Aesopius (“Aesopian”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos, “the famous Greek fabulist Aesop”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Aesopian (comparative more Aesopian, superlative most Aesopian)

  1. (not comparable) Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop.
  2. (comparable) Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables.
  3. (comparable) Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning.

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