superb

Definition

First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards."