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1.
admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
2.
sumptuous; rich; grand: superb jewels.
3.
of a proudly imposing appearance or kind; majestic: superb mountain vistas.
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Superb
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- We had a superb faculty and generally excellent access to them.
- Games are a superb vehicle for thinking deeply about complex systems.
- It had the superb indifference of the lily, and as for value in gold coin, it had none.
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Word Origin & History
superb
1540s, "noble, magnificent" (of buildings, monuments, etc.), from L. superbus "grand, proud, sumptuous," from super "above, over" (see super-). The second element probably is from PIE base *bhe- "to be." General sense of "very fine" developed by 1729.
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