Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mixture of truth and fable; a narrative partly fabulous and partly true.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun That which is part fable and part truth.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

semi- +‎ fable

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