Crossword clues for fabled
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fabling.]
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write
or utter what is not true. ``He Fables not.''
--Shak.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.
--Prior.
He fables, yet speaks truth.
--M. Arnold.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "unreal, invented," past participle adjective from fable (v.) "to tell tales" (late 14c.), from Old French fabler "tell, narrate; chatter, boast," from Latin fabulari, from fabula (see fable). Meaning "celebrated in fable" is from 1706.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Known only in fables; fictitious. 2 Made known by fables; legendary, famed.
WordNet
adj. celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: legendary]
Usage examples of "fabled".
The Buena Vista of today is a faithful reproduction of one of the fabled romantic bistros which flourished here in the Twentieth Century.
From the cobblestones outside and the general journey I guessed that I was in the fabled Cathedral of Cadenza Piacere Greg had told me about.
According to the bats, His Majesty is strongly opposed to the prospect of King Diego getting his greasy hands on the fabled gold of El Dorado, which would make him the richest monarch in Eurania and upset the balance of power.
Lake Manyara, epeiric Lake Eyasi, will be out on the fabled Serengeti.
And now she was to meet his cousin, the fabled Gis Havilland, pilot and plane designer--to say nothing of exemplary husband and father.
The fabled Effie was living in rented rooms, complaining of the cost of green peas, not diamonds, and before too long complaining of the inefficacy of the medical profession.
With the Jackaroo grinding over rocks and stumbling across mini-gorges, by the time the fabled, isolated range itself finally came into view, the two Americans were sore and tired.
Chanterelle said, almost blocking me as I pulled away from the side of the glass, reversing into the press of jostlers behind me, rubbernecking to get a glimpse of the fabled fish.
William Stanhope and his heirs and successors, here are the figures: two hundred acres, if they could be rezoned into ten-acre plots, would fetch over a million dollars a plot on the fabled Gold Coast, which amounts to a total of over twenty million dollars before taxes.
Oirat had found the fabled falcon in Capua, and were returning to Ulus with it.
Held erect by the chief vizar, the staff was taller than a man, twisted like the fabled Staff of Shoon made of unicorn horns, painted and gilded to resemble genie smoke, and crowned by a clever cloud holding a winking sapphire.
He had been on his way up the Mountain to find the fabled Old Master and study the Way of the Sword.
All the most ancient records and traditions of Egypt spoke of such events and associated them with the epoch during which the gods had ruled on earth: the fabled First Time, which was called Zep Tepi.
Her intent was to inspire awe in those who viewed her, to barken back to the fabled Time of Titans.
What with all the hammering, sharpening, burnishing and polishing, we might have been such a city of smiths as Bran the Blessed encountered in one of his fabled journeys.