adjective Date: 1638 1. of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus known for his defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War by the avoidance of decisive contests, cautious , dilatory , of, relating to, or being a society of socialists organized in England in 1884 to spread socialist principles gradually, ~ noun ~ism noun
FABIAN
Meaning of FABIAN in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012