superb


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
superb/suːˈpɜːb/
adjective
  • 1 excellent.
  • 2 magnificent or splendid.

    ■ used in names of birds with attractive or colourful plumage, e.g. superb lyrebird.

– derivatives
superbly adverb,
superbness noun.
– origin C16: from L. superbus ‘proud, magnificent’.
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