apologue
Meanings
noun
- A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
- The use of fable to persuade the audience.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Equivalent to apo- + -logue.
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