fabulist
noun/ˈfæbjəlɪst/
/ˈfæbjəlɪst/
(formal)- a person who invents or tells fables (= traditional moral stories)
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- a person who tells lies, especially in the form of long and unlikely stories
- He was a fabulist, a liar who made up extravagant stories about being a famous film director.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.
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