different between fabulous vs storied

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin f?bul?sus (“celebrated in fable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæbj?l?s/

Adjective

fabulous (comparative more fabulous, superlative most fabulous)

1. Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
2. Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
3. Fictional or not believable; made up.
4. (obsolete) Known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.
5. (slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
6. (slang or euphemistic) Gay or pertaining to gay people.
7. (slang) Camp, effeminate.
8. (slang) Fashionable, glamorous

Usage notes

• In the sense of wonderful, the word may become associated with gay men. This may be the direct result of its former usage among valley girls.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fabulous.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:excellent
• Thesaurus:gay

Derived terms

Related terms

• fable

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st???id/

Alternative forms

• storeyed (UK, sense 3)

Adjective

storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)

1. much talked or written about
2. historical
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3

     Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

3. (chiefly US) having multiple storeys; multistoried
   • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture

     We mean a porch, or cloister, or the like, of one contignation, and not in storied buildings.

Verb

storied

1. simple past tense and past participle of story

Anagrams

• destroi, doiters, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, sortied, steroid, tie rods, tierods, triodes