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Webster 1913 Edition


Fabulous

Fab′u-lous

(făb′ū̍-lŭs)
,
Adj.
[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.
Beyond belief; exceedingly great;
as, a
fabulous
price
.
Macaulay.
–
Fab′u-lous-ly
(#)
,
adv.
–
Fab′u-lous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fabulous

FABULOUS

,
Adj.
1.
Feigned, as a story; devised; fictitious; as a fabulous story; a fabulous description.
2.
Related in fable; described or celebrated in fables; invented; not real; as a fabulous hero; the fabulous exploits of Hercules.
3.
The fabulous age of Greece and Rome, was the early age of those countries, the accounts of which are mostly fabulous, or in which the fabulous achievements of their heroes were performed; called also the heroic age.