- fairy fable
- 1. n.นิยาย [¯ni-yāi]
Lewis & Short latin dictionary. 2014.
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FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
fable — [n] fantasy, story allegory, apologue, bestiary, bunk*, crock*, fabrication, fairy story, fairy tale, falsehood, fantasy, fib, fiction, figment, fish story*, hogwash*, invention, legend, lie, myth, old chestnut*, old saw*, one for the birds*,… … New thesaurus
fairy tale — (= fairy story), noun 1) the movie was inspired by a fairy tale Syn: folk tale, folk story, traditional story, myth, legend, fantasy, fable 2) informal she accused him of telling fairy tales Syn: lie … Thesaurus of popular words
Fairy tale — For a comparison of fairy tale with other kinds of stories, such as myths, legends and fables, see Traditional stories. For other uses, see Fairy tale (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Fairy Tail … Wikipedia
fable — [13] The Indo European base *bha ‘speak’ has produced a wide range of English words, including (via Germanic) ban and (via Latin fārī ‘speak’) affable, confess, fairy, fame, fate, ineffable, infant, nefarious, and profess. Fable is a member of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fable — [13] The Indo European base *bha ‘speak’ has produced a wide range of English words, including (via Germanic) ban and (via Latin fārī ‘speak’) affable, confess, fairy, fame, fate, ineffable, infant, nefarious, and profess. Fable is a member of… … Word origins
Fable — TOCrightA fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a moral ), which may at the… … Wikipedia
fairy — [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie, which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta, used in personifying the Fates,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fairy — [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie, which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta, used in personifying the Fates,… … Word origins
fairy tale, fairy story — ▶ noun 1 the film was inspired by a fairy tale: FOLK TALE, folk story, traditional story, myth, legend, fantasy, fable. 2 (informal) she accused him of telling fairy tales: ( … Useful english dictionary
fable — noun 1) the fable of the wary fox Syn: moral tale, tale, parable, allegory 2) the fables of ancient Greece Syn: myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, fairy tale, mythos … Thesaurus of popular words
