fabled

adjective

fa·​bled ˈfā-bəld How to pronounce fabled (audio)
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2
: told or celebrated in fables
3
: renowned, famous
the team's fabled coach

Examples of fabled in a Sentence

She served us some of her fabled cherry pie. the fabled unicorn continues to be a symbol of elusive and magical beauty
Recent Examples on the Web Among the numerous economic woes to batter San Francisco: — Macy’s will shut its historic store in fabled Union Square. George Avalos, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 The fabled music festival, seen as one of the seminal cultural events of the 1960s, took place 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) away in Bethel, New York, an even smaller village than Woodstock. Michael Liedtke, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024 Leprechauns were known for mending the shoes of other fairies and using trickery to protect fabled treasure. Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024 Among all the fabled stories of struggle and survival during World War II, the tale of the Jewish community in Shanghai is not well known. Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024 Jacob Rothschild, a wealthy financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist with close ties to Israel, who broke with his family’s fabled banking dynasty at a time of radical change in the world of high finance, has died. Alan Cowell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024 This is the company that launched the jet age; created the world’s first wide-body in its fabled 747; ranks as America’s third biggest defense contractor behind Lockheed Martin and RTX, and has long reigned as America’s largest exporter. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024 Now, however, many of those valley greenhouses are blooming again with a new flower, as cannabis production moves into one of the world’s most fabled agricultural areas. Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024 Key to his fabled red shirt on Sunday is getting to the final round, and his chances are more limited than ever because of his multiple injuries. Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

from past participle of fable entry 2

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fabled was in 1602

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“Fabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabled. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

fabled

adjective
fa·​bled
ˈfā-bəld
: told about in fables
a fabled mountain of gold

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