a. [ F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable. ]
An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His manners polite and affable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A serene and affable countenance. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Affability. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak. ] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame. ]
Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
A
The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
We grew
The fable of the city where we dwelt. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hell thou fablest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + affable. ] Not affable; reserved in social intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame. ] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable;
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mischievous. [ R. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
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