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fabled

fabled adjective: known only in fables; fictitious. Also the simple past and past participle of fable.

Adjective

fabled (comparative more fabled, superlative most fabled)

  1. Known only in fables; fictitious.
  2. Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
    • We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text

Also used as

fabled is also the simple past and past participle of fable.

Examples of fabled in a sentence

  • Even for hedge funds, multistrats are fabled for their brutal Darwinism.
  • Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.
  • Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons.

All 19 example sentences with fabled

Forms of fabled

comparativemore fabled
superlativemost fabled

Words formed from fabled

Questions about fabled

What does fabled mean?
Fabled means known only in fables; fictitious.
What part of speech is fabled?
Fabled is an adjective.

Words near fabled in the dictionary

  1. Fabio
  2. Fabios
  3. fabism
  4. Fabius
  5. fable
  6. fabled
  7. fabledom
  8. fableist
  9. fableists
  10. Fableland
  11. fablelike

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