semifable

== English == === Etymology === From semi- +‎ fable. === Noun === semifable (plural semifables) That which is part fable and part truth. 1839, Thomas De Quincey, "William Wordsworth"", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine some snatches of tragical story , which , after all , might be an idle semi-fable, improved out of slight materials === References === “semifable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.