"Æsop" meaning in English

See Æsop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Æsop
  1. Obsolete form of Aesop. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Aesop
    Sense id: en-Æsop-en-name-9oPIKNXY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1954, Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, pages 93–94 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)",
          "text": "The conjuror reminds us — of course in vain — that the quickness of the hand deceives the eye; proverbs remind us that all that glitters is not gold; and Æsop’s story of the greedy dog reminds us that the reflections of bones can be mistaken for bones until it comes to eating them."
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          "ref": "1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, chapter eleven, § I, page 316 (1992 paperback ed., Mandarin Paperbacks",
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