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   fabulous

   /ˈfabjʊləs/

   adjective

   • 1. extraordinary, especially extraordinarily large: "fabulous riches" Similar tremendousstupendousprodigiousphenomenalextraordinaryremarkableexceptionalastoundingamazingastonishingfantasticbreathtakingoverwhelmingstaggeringunthinkableinconceivableunimaginableincredibleunbelievableunheard ofunthought ofunspeakableunutterableuntoldineffableimplausibleimprobableunlikelyimpossibleundreamed ofbeyond one's wildest dreamsbeyond the realm of reasoninformal:mind-bogglingmind-blowingamazeballsOpposite ordinarytiny
   • ▪ very good; wonderful: informal "a fabulous two-week holiday" Similar excellentmarvelloussuperbvery goodfirst-ratefirst-classwonderfuloutstandingexceptionalmagnificentsplendidsuperlativematchlesspeerlessinformal:greatsuperterrifictremendousfantasticsensationalstellaracefabsupercalifragilisticexpialidociousA1coolawesomemagicwickedtip-toptop-notchout of sightout of this worldway-outcapitalbrillsmashingon fleekbonzerinformal, dated:spiffingtoppingtop-holewizardhumorous:super-duperOpposite badboring
   • 2. having no basis in reality; mythical: "fabulous creatures" Similar mythicallegendarymythicmythologicalfabledfolkloricfairy-taleheroictraditionalfictitiousimaginaryimaginedmade upunrealhypotheticalfantasticproverbialapocryphalallegoricalsymbolicsymbolical

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘known through fable’): from French fabuleux or Latin fabulosus ‘celebrated in fable’, from fabula (see fable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. fabulosity noun
   • 2. fabulousness noun

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