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frabjous

/ˈfɹæbd͡ʒəs/

frabjous adjective: fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.

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Adjective

frabjous (comparative more frabjous, superlative most frabjous)

  1. Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
    • “[…] O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy.1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “[Looking-Glass House.] Jabberwocky.”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London...
    • Stalks! Frabjous stalks! Bottled ’em! all four!1898 December, Rudyard Kipling, “Stalky”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume IX, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited […], →OCLC, page 36, column 1

frabjous meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

frabjous in Tamil

சிறந்த, உன்னதமான, சுவையான

frabjous in Vietnamese

fabulous, joyous
tuyệt vui

Examples of frabjous in a sentence

  • "Tomorrow there'll be so much to do," as the Dixie Chicks remind us, "so tonight I'll drift in a dream with you." I want her life to be frabjous, not weighed down with mimsy.2012 March 15, “To Be a Fully Developed Person (and Leader), You Need to Dream”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune:
  • It's the frabjous joy of tearing into a well-wrapped bar.2017 January 31, Jim Myers, “Nashville's Best Candies for Valentine's Day”, in Tennesseean:

Forms of frabjous

comparativemore frabjous
superlativemost frabjous

Origin of frabjous

Originally a nonce word in Lewis Carroll's poem “Jabberwocky” (see the quotation); probably a blend of fair + fabulous + joyous.

Words formed from frabjous

Questions about frabjous

What does frabjous mean?
Frabjous means fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
What is frabjous in Tamil?
Frabjous in Tamil is சிறந்த, உன்னதமான, சுவையான. See Frabjous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use frabjous in a sentence?
"Tomorrow there'll be so much to do," as the Dixie Chicks remind us, "so tonight I'll drift in a dream with you." I want her life to be frabjous, not weighed down with mimsy.
What part of speech is frabjous?
Frabjous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce frabjous?
Frabjous is pronounced /ˈfɹæbd͡ʒəs/.

Words near frabjous in the dictionary

  1. fra diavolo
  2. frab
  3. frabbed
  4. frabbing
  5. frabbit
  6. frabjous
  7. frabjously
  8. Frable
  9. Frables
  10. frabs
  11. frac

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