fable

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪb(ə)l/

noun

  • a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox
  • a supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend: he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable
  • [mass noun] myth and legend: the unnatural monsters of fable
  • a false statement or belief: believers accused the cosmologists of inventing fables on the birth of the universe

verb

[no object] archaic
  • tell fictitious tales: I do not dream nor fable
  • [with object] invent (an incident, person, or story): men soon fabled up their Histories into Miracle and Wonder

Derivatives

fabler

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪblə/
noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula 'story', from fari 'speak'