Definitions for Aesopian

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Aesopian Ae·so·pi·an

Spelling: [ee-soh-pee-uh n, ee-sop-ee-]

IPA: /iˈsoʊ pi ən, iˈsɒp i-/

Aesopian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in Aesopian (aaeinops).

Definitions for Aesopian

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables:
2. conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like: .

Origin of Aesopian

1870-75; Late Latin Aesōpi(us) + -an

Examples for Aesopian

In it the Aesopian fable received a development which was in several respects quite original.

To sum up the characteristics of the Aesopian fable, it is artless, simple and transparent.

It is the Aesopian type that Aristotle has in view when he treats of the fable as a branch of rhetoric, not of poetry.