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semifable

noun

Etymology

From semi- + fable.

  1. derived from fābula
  2. derived from fable
  3. prefixed as semifable — “semi + fable”

Definitions

  1. That which is part fable and part truth.

    • 1839, Thomas De Quincey, "William Wordsworth"", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine some snatches of tragical story , which , after all , might be an idle semi-fable, improved out of slight materials

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semifable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA