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apologue.

A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæpəlɒɡ/
  1. A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The use of fable to persuade the audience.

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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