Meanings
plural fabulists
- A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks[…]
1843, Abraham Lincoln, Address to the People of Illinois1 more example
La Fontaine, the French fabulist, has a tale, La Mandragore, dealing with the erotic impact of the root.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 223Synonyms: fabulator
- figurativelyA liar.
The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say.
2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian баснописец
- баснописец (basnopisec)one who writes or tells fables
Catalan fabulista
- fabulistaone who writes or tells fables
Esperanto fablisto
- fablistoa liar
Finnish sadunkertoja, satusetä
- sadunkertojaone who writes or tells fables
- satusetäone who writes or tells fables
- satuilijaa liar
- satusetäa liar
French mythomane
- mythomanea liar
German Fabeldichter, Fabeldichterin
- Fabeldichterone who writes or tells fables
- Fabeldichterinone who writes or tells fables
- Fabulierera liar
- Fabuliererina liar
Irish fabhalscéalaí
- fabhalscéalaíone who writes or tells fables
Polish bajkopisarz, bajkopis
- bajkopisarzone who writes or tells fables
- bajkopisone who writes or tells fables
- bajopisone who writes or tells fables
- blagiera liar
- blagierkaa liar
- kłamcaa liar
Portuguese fabulista
- fabulistaone who writes or tells fables
Spanish fabulista
- fabulistaone who writes or tells fables
Cite this entry
fabulist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulist
“fabulist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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