fabulous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely good; wonderful.

   We had a fabulous vacation on the coast.

2. 2
   adj

   So great as to be hard to believe; amazing.

   The runner showed fabulous endurance over the long race.

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Simplified etymology

Fabulous entered English in late Middle English from Latin fabula, “story,” which ultimately comes from fari, “to speak.” It first meant “known through fable” or “not based on fact”; the idea of something astonishing later produced both “beyond belief” and the favorable sense “wonderful, marvellous.”

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

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