Fabulous

Definition of fabulous:

part of speech: adjective

Feigned as a story; devised; fictitious; invented; not real; exceeding the bounds of probability or reason; as, a fabulous story; a fabulous description; a fabulous hero; the fabulous exploits of Hercules; that can hardly be received as truth; incredible; as, the picture was sold at a fabulous price; " He found that the waste of the servants hall was almost fabulous."- Macaulay.

part of speech: adjective

Fictitious; false; incredible.

part of speech: adjective

The fabulous age of a country is that period in its early history of which the accounts are mostly history of which the accounts are mostly mythical or legendary, recording chiefly the fabulous achievements of heroes; as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome.

part of speech: adjective

Not true or real; mythical.

part of speech: adverb

Fabulously.

Usage examples for fabulous:

• It was partly under his charge that the first little expedition set forth on the 5th of June, 1594, towards those unknown arctic seas, which no keel from Christendom had ever ploughed, and to those fabulous regions where the foot of civilized men had never trod. "History of the United Netherlands, 1598-99", John Lothrop Motley.

• As a rule, she knows little about music, and cares still less, unless some singer is performing who is paid a fabulous price, which gives his notes a peculiar charm. "The Ways of Men", Eliot Gregory.

• It will be necessary to add two or three other particulars of his life, real or fabulous in order to explain what follows in the text concerning him. "Poetical Works of Akenside", Mark Akenside.