fabulist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæbjəlɪst/

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 […]

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 223:

     La Fontaine, the French fabulist, has a tale, La Mandargore, dealing with the erotic impact of the root.

2. (figurative) A liar.
   • 2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 September 2022:

     The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say.

Derived terms

• fabulistic

Translations

one who writes or tells fables

• Bulgarian: баснописец m (basnopisec)
• Catalan: fabulista m or f
• Finnish: sadunkertoja, satusetä
• German: Fabeldichter m, Fabeldichterin f
• Irish: fabhalscéalaí m
• Polish: bajkopisarz (pl) m, bajkopis m, bajopis m
• Portuguese: fabulista m or f
• Spanish: fabulista m or f

a liar

• Esperanto: fablisto sg
• Finnish: satuilija (fi), satusetä
• French: mythomane (fr) m or f
• German: Fabulierer m, Fabuliererin f
• Polish: blagier (pl) m, blagierka f, kłamca (pl)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

Noun

fabulist m (plural fabuliști)

1. fabulist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fabulist	fabulistul		fabuliști	fabuliștii
genitive-dative	fabulist	fabulistului		fabuliști	fabuliștilor
vocative	fabulistule			fabuliștilor