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superb

adj
/suːˈpɜːb/UK/sʉwˈpəːb//suˈpɝb/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

  1. learned borrowing from superbus

Definitions

  1. First-rate

    First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

    • This champagne is superb.
    • The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.

  2. Grand

    Grand; magnificent; august; stately.

    • a superb edifice;  a superb colonnade

  3. Haughty.

    • A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.

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Derived

superb fairywren, superbity, superb lily, superbly, superb lyrebird, superbness, superb owl, superb parrot, superb warbler

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for superb. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA