superb

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely good; of the highest quality.

   The restaurant served a superb meal.

2. 2
   adj

   Grand and magnificent in appearance.

   They stayed in a superb old palace by the river.

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Simplified etymology

Superb comes from Latin superbus, meaning “proud” or “magnificent.” It was first applied in English to buildings and monuments and also developed the sense “proud”; from the early 18th century it came to mean “very fine” or “excellent.”

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

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