different between superb vs corker

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin superbus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /su?p?b/, /s??p?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sju??p??b/, /su??p??b/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b
• Hyphenation: su?perb

Adjective

superb (comparative superber, superlative superbest)

1. First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

   • Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

2. Grand; magnificent; august; stately.

3. (dated) Haughty.
   • 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2 (p.235):

     A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.

Synonyms

• excellent
• superlative

Derived terms

• superbly

Translations

Anagrams

• BUPERS, Repubs

German

Alternative forms

• süperb

Etymology

Borrowed from French superbe, from Latin superbus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

superb (not comparable)

1. superb

Declension

Further reading

• “superb” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French superbe, from Latin superbus.

Adjective

superb m or n (feminine singular superb?, masculine plural superbi, feminine and neuter plural superbe)

1. superb

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• (something exceptional or remarkable): cauker, caulker (both archaic)

Etymology

cork +? -er

Noun

corker (plural corkers)

1. One who puts corks into bottles.
2. (informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.

   Synonym: whopper

   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Chapter XVI, p. 124

     Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker.

   • 2012, Mark Griffiths, Space Lizards Ate My Sister!

     He had just had an absolute corker of an idea!

Anagrams

• Croker, croker, re-rock, recork, rerock, rocker