fabulous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fabulous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fabulous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fabulous adj extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: fabulous, fab] based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" Synonym(s): fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fabulous \Fab"ulous\ (f[acr]b"[usl]l[ucr]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"ulously}, adv. -- {Fab"ulousness}, n.