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fabled, ppl. a.|ˈfeɪb(ə)ld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
1. Described or mentioned in fable, celebrated in fable; mythical, legendary.
a1740T. Tickell To a lady, with descr. Phœnix, Each fabled charm in matchless Cælia meets. 1780Cowper Progr. Err. 231 Like fabled Tantalus. 1813Shelley Q. Mab iv. 89 A garden shall arise, in loveliness Surpassing fabled Eden. a1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. v. Introd. (1872) 61 Like the fabled monsters of old.
2. Having no real existence, fictitious, invented.
1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxiv. (1612) 350 This for no fabled Caution was obserued, but too trew. 1725Pope Odyss. xvi. 100 Do..priests in fabled oracles advise? 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 188 Men by fabled woes were stirred. |