fabulist

/ˈfæbjəlɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

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noun

noun

"That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks[…]"
"La Fontaine, the French fabulist, has a tale, La Mandragore, dealing with the erotic impact of the root."
"The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say."

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

fabulists (plural)

fabulistic

confabular confabulate confabulation confabulative confabulatory fable fabular fabulism

fabulator

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How do you pronounce fabulist?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæbjəlɪst/.

What does fabulist mean?

A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.

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