semifable

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ fable

Noun

semifable (plural semifables)

1. 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.