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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-811/
- Published: 2022-04-19T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-23T20:43:50.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The word for today is…

parable (noun):

: a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parable?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Parable comes from the Latin word parabola, from Greek parabole, meaning “comparison.” The word parabola may look familiar if you remember your geometry. The mathematical parabola refers to a curve that is shaped like the path of something that is thrown forward and high in the air and falls back to the ground.

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