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Synonyms for fabulous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fab-yuh-luhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæb yə ləs |
Top 10 synonyms for fabulous
Définition of 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
- He also gave me an admirable chameleon, a prehistoric, fabulous sort of animal.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Arthur was a Celt, and may have been a fabulous Celt; but he was a fable on the right side.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- It must have been a strike of fabulous proportions that had caused this excitement.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- The seed of the unknown was sown, and would grow into a crop of fabulous magnitude.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- He knew, also, that this fabulous creature was bent on destroying him.
- Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
- To most, the name of England was like that of some fabulous dream-land.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- I, too, was proud—for him, if not so certain of the fabulous value of the bargain.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- He accepted her presence there with a tired acquiescence in its fabulous improbability.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
- With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- To ride well is to recreate the fabulous centaur of Thessaly.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
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