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单词 frabjous
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Definition of frabjous in English:

frabjous

adjective ˈfrabdʒəsˈfrabjəs
humorous
  • Delightful; joyous.

    ‘Oh frabjous day!’ she giggled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oh, frabjous day, calloo callay, she chortled in her joy.
    • Amongst the range of styles - from collage to fine brush strokes and joyful splodges - there is something to please all ages including a group of frabjous beasts from Quentin Blake created for this exhibition.
    • Oh, callooh, callay, and frabjous day, for this beautiful edition of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece of wordplay has come out in paperback.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Derivatives

  • frabjously

  • adverb
    humorous
    • So I saw a great movie, had a frabjously fantastic meal with friends, and then I browsed for books.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And as I galumphed back home in the dark, I heard the sign chortle frabjously after me, ‘Jabberwock for President!’
      • We also, frabjously, bumped into other old friends, popped back to their house ‘for a drink’, and ended up rolling home at midnight.
      • But hey, it didn't matter, because we were all having a frabjously great time and arrived at the same crossroad in less than 3/4 time.

Origin

1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, apparently to suggest fair and joyous.

 
 

Definition of frabjous in US English:

frabjous

adjectiveˈfrabjəs
humorous
  • Delightful; joyous.

    “Oh frabjous day!” she giggled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Amongst the range of styles - from collage to fine brush strokes and joyful splodges - there is something to please all ages including a group of frabjous beasts from Quentin Blake created for this exhibition.
    • Oh, frabjous day, calloo callay, she chortled in her joy.
    • Oh, callooh, callay, and frabjous day, for this beautiful edition of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece of wordplay has come out in paperback.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Origin

1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, apparently to suggest fair and joyous.

 
 
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