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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fabulous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fabulous
adj 1: extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: {fab}]
2: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual
basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the
fabulous unicorn" [syn: {mythic}, {mythical}, {mythologic},
{mythological}]
3: barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon
runner"
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