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fabling

fabling noun: the act of telling fables. Also the present participle and gerund of fable.

Noun

fabling (plural fablings)

  1. The act of telling fables.
    • Time has obliterated from my memory much of his wild fablings; and the rest would appear but dull, as written, and to be read on shore.1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “The Old Margate Hoy”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 60

Also used as

fabling is also the present participle and gerund of fable.

Forms of fabling

pluralfablings

Questions about fabling

What does fabling mean?
Fabling means the act of telling fables.
What part of speech is fabling?
Fabling is a noun.
What is the plural of fabling?
The plural of fabling is fablings.

Words near fabling in the dictionary

  1. fablers
  2. fables
  3. fabless
  4. fabliau
  5. fabliaux
  6. fabling
  7. fablings
  8. fablist
  9. fablists
  10. Fablon
  11. fabness

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