Aesop-like

English Etymology From en Aesop -like. Adjective Resembling a fable or moral of Aesop. en 2012 Andrew Martin Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube Profile Books, 978-1846684777 158 As regards the map, this was the beginning of an Aesop-like fable - 'How the Underground lines got their colours' - because they were all given a colour, although not the 'right' ones from today's perspective. Usage notes Aesop-like is several times more common than Aesoplike in print.(Aesoplike*6),Aesop-like GPO manual favors using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name. Alternative forms en Aesoplike less common Related terms en Aesopian Aesopic Aesopish References