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adjective

Superb adj.

Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.

Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.

Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.

Superb paradise bird (Zool.), a bird of paradise (Paradisaea superba syn. Lophorina superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green.

Superb warber. (Zool.) See Blue wren, under Wren.

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Etymology of 'Superb'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Superb" Quotes from Famous Books

... replace Nineveh.[43] Nisroch,[44] Sin, Samas, Nebo, Bin, Ninip, and their great spouses, who procreate eternally in the lofty temple of the upper and the nether world (Aralli) blessed the splendid wonders, the superb streets in the town of Dur-Sarkin. I reformed the institutions which were not agreeable to their ideas. The priests, the nisi ramki, the surmahhi supar disputed at their learned discussions about the pre-eminence of their divinities, ...

— Babylonian and Assyrian Literature • Anonymous

... wrong, my boy," said Father Payne; "you ought to say to yourself—'So that is his way of putting things and, by Jove, it's superb. Now I've got to find my way of putting things!' You had better go and work in the fields like an honest man, if you don't feel you have got anything to say worth saying. You have your own point of view, you know: try and get it down ...

— Father Payne • Arthur Christopher Benson

... justice, his small toggery takes on the splendors of the crested helmet that frightened Astyanax. You remember that the Duke said his dandy officers were his best officers. The "Sunday blood," the super-superb sartorial equestrian of our annual Fast-day, is not imposing or dangerous. But such fellows as Brummel and D'Orsay and Byron are not to be snubbed quite so easily. Look out for "la main de fer sous le gant ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... Parliament offering this superb reward was passed in 1714, fourteen years before, but no attempt had been made to claim it. It was right that England, then rapidly advancing to the first position as a commercial nation, should make every effort to render navigation less hazardous. Before correct chronometers were invented, or ...

— Men of Invention and Industry • Samuel Smiles

... Art Interchange" into new homes and that everyone may become acquainted with this splendid high-class home magazine we will send a copy of our superb double Christmas number together with a copy of the lovely picture in oil colors shown in this advertisement. This is one of the very best issues ever put out and everyone should have a copy. Order now. ...

— Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals • D. D. Cottrell's Subscription Agency

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