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fabulist

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fabulist /ˈfabjʊlɪst /
noun a person who composes or relates fables.
a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories:
a born fabulist, with an imagination unfettered by the laws of logic and probability.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula (see fable).