fabledom

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   All fables, collectively, and the worlds depicted in them.

   • The animals of all fabledom are absessed by human souls. They think man-thoughts, have man-motives, and do man-deeds.
2. 2

   Cultural beliefs that are not grounded in fact.

   • In a time of violent religious excitement the transference was easy from fabledom, Teutonic barbarism, &c., to Christian convents.
   • For the persnickety, spell the month J-u-l-r-y, but the rule about "r" months and oysters has happily passed into fabledom and can be ignored.
   • Certainly, it would be nice to get it perfect the first time, but that's really the stuff of fabledom.
3. 3

   The legends of a particular subculture.

   • That the Seeds were able to parlay their distinctly limited talents as writers, singers and musicians into a rather long and successful career is one of the more miraculous stories in rock fabledom.

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