Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of unusually high quality; excellent.
- adjective Majestic or magnificent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proud; haughty; arrogant.
- Grand; lofty; magnificent; august; stately; splendid.
- Rich; elegant; sumptuous; showy: as, superb furniture or decorations.
- Very fine; first-rate: as, a superb exhibition.
- Synonyms Magnificent, Splendid, etc. (see
grand ), noble, beautiful, exquisite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
- adjective Rich; elegant.
- adjective Showy; excellent; grand.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a bird of paradise (
Paradisæa superba syn.Lophorina superba ) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast . The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. - adjective (Zoöl.) See Blue wren, under
Wren .
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- adjective
first-rate ; of the highest quality; exceptionally good - adjective dated
haughty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of surpassing excellence
- adjective surpassingly good
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Suzanne, Doug's wife, a superb, but I really mean _superb _blonde on the classic Hollywood pattern, had stood up and said, "All right, girls."
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Suzanne, Doug's wife, a superb, but I really mean _superb _blonde on the classic Hollywood pattern, had stood up and said, "All right, girls."
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That is what we call a superb message board, I barely care to read out an entire forum section but this message board was successful in getting my interest and trust me, That?
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In doing so, the authors will attempt to determine whether the U.S. government's characterization of Vietnamese cooperation as "superb" is warranted.
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To his superb (both in the ordinary sense in which the word superb means "superb" and in the Corrine Brown sense in which the word superb means "superior") arguments I would add only one further point in support of the proper position:
Dawg Sports 2009
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Hmmm, let's see, the Democratic smear machine in superb working order, personal attack after personal attack on her as well as her entire family.
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Tomorrow, we are venturing out into the Mekong Delta, where, after two restful nights in superb accommodations, we will be bedding down in decidedly less luxurious digs.
Monique Stringfellow: Sensible Splurge: When Not to Cut Corners on Lodging Monique Stringfellow 2010
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Miami head coach Eric Spoelstra says all three of his star players showed up to training camp "in superb shape."
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Also superb is the Miami police officer struggling with “The Spider Kiss” mad disease spreading amidst residents in which an outbreak of insane human behavior in South Florida proves to have strange beastly origins.
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To have a unique combination of an extremely rare dated gold coin, with a six figure value in superb condition, that is also a mint error (struck on a 3 Cent Nickel planchet) is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Unusual Items : Unique Quarter Eagle Struck on 3 Cent Nickel Planchet : Coin Collecting News 2008
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