frabjous

[ frab-juhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Informal.

wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of frabjous¹

1872; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass; perhaps meant to suggest fabulous or joyous

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Example Sentences

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For most politicians, this would be a frabjous day.

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His championship word in this year’s regional bee was “frabjous,” a term for joy coined by Lewis Carroll in the Jabberwocky poem from “Through the Looking Glass.”

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For most politicians, this would be a frabjous day of well-nigh full employment and fatter paychecks.

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Fra fracas

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