fabler


fa·ble

F0001800 (fā′bəl)n.1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.3. A falsehood; a lie.v. fa·bled, fa·bling, fa·bles v.tr. To recount as if true.v.intr. Archaic To compose fables.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fābula, from fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
fa′bler n.