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[L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux.
See Fable.] 1. Feigned, as a story or
fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as,
a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

The fabulous birth of Minerva.

Chesterfield.

2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a
fabulous price. Macaulay.

Fabulous age, that period in the history of
a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome.

-- Fab"u*lous*ly (#), adv. --
Fab"u*lous*ness, n.

Fab"ur*den (făb"ŭr*den),
n. [F. faux bourdon. See False, and
Burden a verse.] 1. (Mus.)
(a) A species of counterpoint with a drone
bass. (b) A succession of chords of the
sixth. [Obs.]

2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.]
Holland.

Fac (făk), n.

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