fabulist

From French fabuliste.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæbjəlɪst/

fabulist (plural fabulists)

1. A person who writes or tells fables.
   • 1843, Abraham Lincoln, Address to the People of Illinois:

     That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks […]

2. (figurative) A liar.
   • 2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say.

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

fabulist m (plural fabuliști)

1. fabulist