a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist
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Trouble doubles down with the arrival of Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn (Ana de Armas), a big-talking fabulist who arrives on the island like a Real Housewife of Floreana, with dreams of building a luxury hotel on the island.—Adam Graham, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025 Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025 Ari Ben Menashe, a onetime Israeli operative whom Israeli and American officials have said is a fabulist who vastly exaggerates and fabricates, claims to have run Epstein as an asset.—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025 George Santos to report to prison George Santos, the fabulist former New York Republican lawmaker, is set to report to prison Friday — and he’s had a lot to say about it.—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabulist
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Etymology
probably borrowed from Middle French fabuliste, from Latin fābula "talk, account, fable entry 1" + French -iste-ist entry 1
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