superb

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /suːˈpɜːb/ / /sjuːˈpɜːb/ / /sʉwˈpəːb/

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin superbuslbor. English superb Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

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.”
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
“a superb edifice; a superb colonnade”
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.”