fabulous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective extremely pleasing
  2. adjective based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
  3. adjective barely credible

Etymology

From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous.

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Synonyms

fab

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