Category:Superb

Su*perb", a. Etym: [f. superbe, l. superbus, fr. super over. See Super-.]

1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a Superb colonnade.

2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.

3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. Superb paradise Bird (zoöl.), a bird of paradise (paradisæa, or lophorina, superba) Having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on Each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the Breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant Green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. -- superb warber. (zoöl.) See blue wren, under wren. -- su*perb"ly, adv. -- su*perb"ness, n.