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fantabulosa

/fæn.tæb.juːˈləʊ.sə/

fantabulosa adjective: wonderful.

Adjective

fantabulosa (comparative more fantabulosa, superlative most fantabulosa)

  1. (Polari) Wonderful.
    • Next to her in the front seat her reluctant passenger grumbled. 'Well, this is all very nice. Fantabulosa I very much don't think.'2015, Alex Howard, A Hard Woman to Kill (DCI Hanlon Series; 3)
    • Instead of the traditional "Glory be to the father, and to the son, and the Holy Spirit" the prayer offered was: "Fabeness be to the Auntie, and to the Homie Chavvie, and to the Fantabulosa Fairy".2017 February 4, “Church 'regret' as trainees hold service in gay slang”, in BBC News

Forms of fantabulosa

comparativemore fantabulosa
superlativemost fantabulosa

Origin of fantabulosa

UK late-1950s. Probably from fantabulous.

Words that rhyme with fantabulosa

Questions about fantabulosa

What does fantabulosa mean?
Fantabulosa means wonderful.
What part of speech is fantabulosa?
Fantabulosa is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fantabulosa?
Fantabulosa is pronounced /fæn.tæb.juːˈləʊ.sə/.

Words near fantabulosa in the dictionary

  1. Fant
  2. Fanta
  3. Fanta cake
  4. Fanta cakes
  5. Fanta'd
  6. fantabulosa
  7. fantabuloso
  8. fantabulous
  9. fantabulously
  10. fantabulousness
  11. fantad

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