Defn: A rabbit. See Cony.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish. See Cony.
CONFAB
Con"fab, n. Etym: [Contr. from confabulation.]
Defn: Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
CONFABULATE
Con*fab"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Confabulating.] Etym: [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to
converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
Defn: To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no.
Cowper.
CONFABULATION
Con*fab`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. confabulatio.]
Defn: Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.
CONFABULATORY
Con*fab"u*la*to*ry, a.