The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
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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.
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beyond 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.
Usage examples of "fabulous age".
I want this chapter to be a celebration of the fabulous age in which we are living.
Lady Agatha's body was placed in the family vaults, which were of almost fabulous age and extent, and had been excavated in the hill behind the manor-house.
It was the pre-electric Time-of-Isolation design that gave it such an air of fabulous age, Mark decided.