semifable

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noun

That which is part fable and part truth.

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Meanings

nounsemifable (plural semifables)

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

Origin

From semi- + fable.

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APA

semifable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifable

MLA

“semifable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semifable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifable.

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