semifable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ fable

Noun[edit]

semifable (plural semifables)

  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

References[edit]

“semifable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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