con|fab´u|la´tor — con|fab|u|late «kuhn FAB yuh layt», intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. 1. Informal (often used humorously). to talk together informally and intimately; chat. 2. Psychology. to fabricate experiences. ╂[< Latin cōnfābulārī < com together +… … Useful english dictionary
con|fab|u|late — «kuhn FAB yuh layt», intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. 1. Informal (often used humorously). to talk together informally and intimately; chat. 2. Psychology. to fabricate experiences. ╂[< Latin cōnfābulārī < com together + fā … Useful english dictionary
fab — con·fab·u·lar; con·fab·u·late; con·fab·u·la·tion; fab·li·au; fab·ri·cant; fab·ri·cate; fab·ri·ca·tion; fab·ri·ca·tive; fab·ri·ca·tor; Fab·ri·koid; fab·u·la; fab·u·lar; fab·u·la·tion; fab·u·la·tor; fab·u·list; fab·u·lize; fab·u·los·i·ty;… … English syllables
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
confabulation — con·fab·u·la·tion … English syllables
confabulate — con•fab•u•late [[t]kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. i. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to converse informally or privately 2) psi Psychiatry. to fill a gap in memory with a falsification believed to be true • Etymology: 1605–15; < L confābulātus << fābulatalk … From formal English to slang
la — ab·cha·la·zal; ab·la·tion; ab·la·ti·val; ac·an·thel·la; acan·tho·ceph·a·la; ac·cep·ti·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tor; aceph·a·la; ac·er·o·la; acet·y·la·tion; acet·y·la·tor; ach·a·la·sia;… … English syllables
confabulation — The making of bizarre and incorrect responses, and a readiness to give a fluent but tangential answer, with no regard whatever to facts, to any question put; seen in amnesia and Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome. [L. con fabulor, pp. fabulatus, to talk … Medical dictionary
Confabulation — Con*fab u*la tion, n. [L. confabulatio.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. [1913 Webster] Friends confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English