apologue
pronunciation
How to pronounce apologue in British English:
UK ['æpəˌlɒg]
How to pronounce apologue in American English:
US ['æpəˌlɒg]
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- Noun:
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Word Origin
- apologue (n.)
- "moral fable," 1550s, from French apologue, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos, from apo- "off, away from" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)). Literally, "(that which comes) from a speech."
Example
- 1. For this apparent paradox is also an apologue . There is a moral to it . It teaches that a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses .