apologue

American  

[ap-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

noun

1. a didactic narrative; a moral fable.

2. an allegory.

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apologue British  

/ ˈæpəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. an allegory or moral fable

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Other Word Forms

• apologal adjective

Etymology

Origin of apologue

1545–55; (< Middle French ) < Latin apologus < Greek apólogos fable. See apo-, -logue

Example Sentences

As often as this apologue is repeated, I still catch myself questioning its accuracy: Does the culture not prefer to hold people endlessly responsible for past indiscretions?

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2016

And yet, though it is a watery apologue, it will not hold water for a moment.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Erasmus has pointed out some of these sources, in the responses of oracles; the allegorical symbols of Pythagoras; the verses of the poets; allusions to historical incidents; mythology and apologue; and other recondite origins.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

U and e are both silent in the words rogue, brogue, fugue, eclogue, prologue, apologue, epilogue, intrigue, fatigue, synagogue, demagogue, pedagogue, decalogue, catalogue, mystagogue, picturesque, burlesque, grotesque, pique, casique.

From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.

The apologue seizes on that which man has in common with creatures below him, and the parable on that which he has in common with God.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various