Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a didactic narrative; a moral fable.
- an allegory.
noun
- an allegory or moral fable
“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.”