fable

fable n

L. fabula, discourse, narrative story.

  1. Fiction; legend; myth; feigned story; (see 1 Timothy 1:4).

fable [-s] v

OFr > L. fabulari, talk, discourse.

  1. Phrase. “[Out] fables”: outvisions; exceeds the myth of; goes beyond the fantasies about; surpasses the stories with regard to.