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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ap-uh-lawg, -log
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg



Definition of apologue

Origin :
  • "moral fable," 1550s, from French apologue, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos, from apo- "off, away from" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)). Literally, "(that which comes) from a speech."
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Example sentences :
  • And here, Socrates, I will leave the apologue and resume the argument.
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • I had no answer for the apologue—not even for the self-condemnatory tone in which he told it.
  • Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick
  • The anecdote was of the character of an apologue, and pertained to game.
  • Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
  • This apologue pleased the Cardinal, though, in fact, it was very superficial.
  • Extract from : « The Duchess of Trajetto » by Anne Manning
  • Length is not an essential matter in the definition of an apologue.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Compare the apologue of the gourd and the pear-tree in the sixth Satire (55-114).
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly.
  • Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Literature » by John Earle
  • Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history.
  • Extract from : « What's Wrong With The World » by G.K. Chesterton
  • Guynemer had answered, not seeing an apologue in his father's words.
  • Extract from : « Georges Guynemer » by Henry Bordeaux
  • Apologue (apo-log), a story or relation of fictitious events intended to convey some useful truths.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 » by Various

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