Etymology

fabulist

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Today it means: A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables. Full definition →

French fabuliste
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  1. French · borrowed fromfabuliste
  2. English todayfabulist

Borrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ist. Compare fabular.

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