extremely good, excellent, or impressive; of the highest quality or standard.
From Latin 'superbus' meaning 'superior' or 'haughty.' It entered English in the 1600s, shifting from meaning 'proud/arrogant' to meaning 'excellent.'
The word 'superb' originally meant 'stuck-up' or 'proud' in Latin—it literally meant 'above' (super) 'everything'—but over time it became less insulting and more just meaning 'really great!'
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