AESOPIAN


Meaning of AESOPIAN in English

/ee soh"pee euhn, ee sop"ee-/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables: a story that points an Aesopian moral.

2. conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like: In the candidate's Aesopian language, "soft on Communism" was to be interpreted as "Communist sympathizer." Also, Aesopic /ee sop"ik/ .

[ 1870-75; Aesopi ( us ) + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .