a. Obs. rare1. [f. L. apolog-us, Gr. ἀπόλογ-ος, story + -AL 1.] Of the nature of an apologue or fable.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 292. Allegories of all sorts, whether apologal, affabulatory, parabolary, ænigmatick, or paræmial.