Definition of "fabled" []

• Made known or famous by fables; legendary. (adjective)
• Existing only in fables; fictitious. (adjective)

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• "Miss Maszkeradi had sought precisely such a gruff, ancient tree-like male all her life, to whom she could have been as faithful as to this rooted, bark-bound, impassive trunk that had a face, as in fabled forests of old, hands in pockets, and a waist aslant, in a bored pose."
• "Could I call the fabled Hydra, I would have him live and perish, survive and die, until the sun itself would grow dim with age."
• "Umm al-Dunya, the mother of the world, Egyptians and other Arabs call the fabled city of Cairo."