fabled
pronunciation
How to pronounce fabled in British English:
UK [ˈfeɪbld]
How to pronounce fabled in American English:
US [ˈfebəld]
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- Adjective:
- celebrated in fable or legend
Word Origin
- fabled (adj.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. There are increasing signs that the fabled " double dip " will not happen .
- 2. Great master viper was the greatest of this fabled clan .
- 3. The lost city of atlantis is still lost - despite hopes that google earth had located the fabled city on the floor of the atlantic ocean .
- 4. Like the fabled plane in the second world war , the global economy is limping along on a wing and a prayer , not least because the world 's debtor and creditor countries cannot agree on the way out of the present bind .
- 5. China 's fabled growth is the combination of the high growth of agriculture , private business , and international companies with the slower growth of the state sector .