fabulist
noun /ˈfæbjəlɪst/
/ˈfæbjəlɪst/
(formal)- a person who invents or tells fables (= traditional moral stories)
寓言作家;讲故事的人;说谎者 - a person who tells lies, especially in the form of long and unlikely stories
寓言作家;讲故事的人;说谎者 - He was a fabulist, a liar who made up extravagant stories about being a famous film director.
他是一个虚构的人,一个编造关于他是一个著名电影导演的夸张故事的骗子。
- He was a fabulist, a liar who made up extravagant stories about being a famous film director.
词源late 16th cent.: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.