fablemonger

Etymology

From fable + monger.

fablemonger means one who tells or composes fables. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

Why this word is great

FABLEMONGER — [Noun] One who invents, composes, or spreads fictitious stories, often with a mercenary intent. From fable (a fictitious narrative, often with a moral) + monger (a dealer or trader in a specified commodity). Unlike a fabulist, who composes with literary purpose, or a liar, who deals in bare falsehoods, the fablemonger is a merchant of plausible untruths, hawking narrative as a vendible commodity. He is the tavern whisperer whose conspiracy grows ornate by dusk, the courtier forging salacious genealogies, the pamphleteer selling futures on phantom gold mines. The fablemonger knows the most enduring truths are those someone took the care to invent.

noun

One who tells or composes fables.