Meaning of FABULOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'fabyulus
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- [adj] barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"
- [adj] extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation"
- [adj] based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"
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| | Synonyms: | | fab, incredible, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological, pleasing, unbelievable, unreal |
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| | Definition: | |  Fabulous
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| | Definition: | | \Fab"u*lous\ (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
cf. F. fabuleux. See {Fable}.]
1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
{Fabulous age}, that period in the history of a nation of
which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
{Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n.
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