fabled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fabled
    adj 1: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan
           and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James"
           [syn: {fabled}, {legendary}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fabling}.]
   To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write
   or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." --Shak.
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         Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. --Prior.
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         He fables, yet speaks truth.             --M. Arnold.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "fabled":
      acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, famed, famous, far-famed,
      far-heard, honored, legendary, marked, much acclaimed, mythical,
      notable, noted, notorious, of mark, of note, popular, renowned,
      talked-about, talked-of, well-known

    

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