Legendary Definition

lĕjən-dĕrē
adjective
Of, based on, or presented in legends.
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Remarkable; extraordinary.
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Well-known; famous.
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Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.

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noun
(obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
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(obsolete) One who relates legends.
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Other Word Forms of Legendary

Noun

Singular:
legendary
Plural:
legendaries

Origin of Legendary

  • legend +"Ž -ary; from Middle Latin legendarius' Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s).' (Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective appear in the 16th century.

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Legendary Sentence Examples

  • Legendary history goes back much further.

  • Her temper was legendary in her household.

  • Their history is largely legendary, and there exists no trace of it earlier than the 8th century.

  • It is inlaid with designs in colour and black and white, representing Biblical and legendary subjects, and is supposed to have been begun by Duccio della Buoninsegna.

  • If we are to follow von Sybel rather than Kugler, this saga of the First Crusade found one of its earliest expressions (c. 1120) in the prose work of Albert of Aix (Historia Hierosolymitana) - genuine saga in its 1 His somewhat legendary treatise, De liberatione civitatum Orientis, was only composed about 1155.

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Words Starting With

LLELEG

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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Words Starting With L and Ending With Y

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With L9 Letter Words Ending With Y