frame story
noun
variants or frame tale
: a story told within a frame or a story constituting a frame for another story or a series of other stories
Word History
Etymology
translation of German rahmenerzählung
First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined above
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schauthaler
- schauthalers
- senhorita
- senhoritas
- senhors
- Senijextee
- senijextees
- senile
- senile atrophy
- senile dementia
- senile dementias
- senile deterioration
- senilely
- seniler
- seniles
- senilest
- senilities
- senility
- senior
- senior airman
- senior captain
- senior chief petty officer
- senior citizen
- senior citizens