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2 definitions found 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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