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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fab-yuh-luhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæb yə ləs



Definition of more fabulous

Origin :
  • early 15c., "mythical, legendary," from Latin fabulosus "celebrated in fable; rich in myths," from fabula (see fable (n.)).
  • Sense of "incredible" first recorded c.1600. Slang shortening fab first recorded 1957; popularized in reference to The Beatles, c.1963.
  • Fabulous (often contracted to fab(s)) and fantastic are also in that long list of words which boys and girls use for a time to express high commendation and then get tired of, such as, to go no farther back than the present century, topping, spiffing, ripping, wizard, super, posh, smashing. [Gower's 1965 revision of Fowler's "Modern English Usage"]
  • Related: Fabulously.
  • adj amazing, wonderful
Example sentences :
  • "There must be some more fabulous beasts to be included," murmured Durtal, again turning over his papers.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans
  • If one believed in all the jewels, why Italy would be more fabulous than fabled India.
  • Extract from : « Sea and Sardinia » by D. H. Lawrence
  • A being capable of purely altruistic actions alone is more fabulous than the Phnix.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • There are three martyrologies which, as Ewald says, are "the one more fabulous than the other."
  • Extract from : « Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) » by Walter Richard Cassels
  • He calls Moses “a more fabulous romantic writer than Homer or Ovid,” and attacks the evidence of miracles and prophecy.
  • Extract from : « A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations » by Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
  • And now the sailors added yet more fabulous things to Peter's knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Vikings of the Pacific » by Agnes C. Laut

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