Dictionary entry

Fabulous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fab″u‐lous (făb″ū̍‐lŭs), 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.