Fab"u*lous (făb"?*lŭs),
a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux.
See Fable.] 1. Feigned, as a story or
fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as,
a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva.
Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a
fabulous price. Macaulay.
Fabulous age, that period in the history of
a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome.
-- Fab"u*lous*ly (#), adv. --
Fab"u*lous*ness, n.