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fabulist

[ fab-yuh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who invents or relates fables.
  2. a liar.


fabulist

/ ˈæʊɪ /

noun

  1. a person who invents or recounts fables
  2. a person who lies or falsifies
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fabulist1

1585–95; < Middle French fabuliste, equivalent to < ܱ ( a ) fable + -iste -ist
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Example Sentences

It takes an unconventional fabulist to address something so vast as American history.

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Indeed, there may be some hope and comfort in the notion the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president of these United States is sui generis, a one-off, a fabulist political unicorn.

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Over the past several years, Torres has established himself as a premier comic fabulist.

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Defense lawyers already have questioned Cohen for hours about his criminal history and past lies to paint him as a serial fabulist who is on a revenge campaign aimed at taking down Trump.

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And so, whatever the jurors think of Cohen — truth-teller, fabulist or something in between — the prosecution did not need them to believe his every word.

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