superb
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/suːˈpɜːb/
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/suːˈpɜːb/ · /sjuːˈpɜːb/ · /sʉwˈpəːb/ · /suˈpɝb/ · /səˈpɝb/ · /sʉˈpɛɾb/ · /sɪʊˈpøːb/
Definition of superb
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
“This champagne is superb.”
“Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.”
“The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.”
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adj
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First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
“This champagne is superb.”
“Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.”
“The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.”
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Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
“a superb edifice; a superb colonnade”
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(dated)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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
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