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Definition: Fabulous age
Fabulous
\Fab"u*lous\ (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), 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.
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The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
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2. beyond belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
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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.
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