The more or less unconscious, defensive "filling in" of actual memory gaps by imaginary experiences, often complex, that are recounted in a detailed, plausible way Seen principally in organic psychotic reactions such as Korsakoff's psychosis
[ k&n-'fa-by&-"lAt ] (intransitive verb.) circa 1604. * From Latin confabulari "to talk together", com- "together" + fabulari "to chat" from fabula "fable, tale".