apologue

ap·o·logue

 (ăp′ə-lôg′, -lŏg′)

n.

A moral fable, especially one having animals or inanimate objects as characters.

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[French, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos : apo-, apo- + logos, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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apologue

(ˈæpəˌlɒɡ)

n

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an allegory or moral fable

[C17: from Latin, from Greek apologos]

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ap•o•logue

(ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg)

n.

an allegorical fable typically containing a moral.

[1545–55; (< Middle French) < Latin apologus < Greek apólogos fable. See apo-, -logue]

ap′o•log`al, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

apologue - a short moral story (often with animal characters) allegory, parable, fable story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" Aesop's fables - a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop

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Translations

apologo

apologue

[ˈæpəlɒg] N → apólogo m

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