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Synonyms for superbness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : soo-purb, suh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : sʊˈpɜrb, sə- |
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Définition of superbness
Origin :- 1540s, "noble, magnificent" (of buildings, monuments, etc.), from Latin superbus "grand, proud, sumptuous," from super "above, over" (see super-). The second element probably is from PIE root *bhe- "to be." General sense of "very fine" developed by 1729.
- noun excellence
- The superbness of this work of architecture enforces silence.
- Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
- But what astonished the doctor was the superbness of her whole figure.
- Extract from : « A Love Episode » by Emile Zola
- For grandeur, simplicity of conception, and superbness of description, can hardly be equalled.
- Extract from : « The Marquis of Pealta (Marta y Mara) » by Armando Palacio Valds
- Tavernake, who knew nothing of women's fashions, still realized the superbness of that one unbroken line.
- Extract from : « The Tempting of Tavernake » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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