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legendary(dictionary)

legendary (iou)



legendary noun & adjective. E16.
[medieval Latin legendarius adjective, -ium noun, from legenda: see LEGEND, -ARY1.]
A. noun.
A collection of legends, esp. of lives of saints. Only in 16.
A writer of legends. E17.
b. adjective.
Pertaining to or of the nature of a legend; based on a legend; celebrated or related in legend, very famous or notorious. L16.
legendary age, legendary period: of which the accounts are mostly of the nature of legends.
D. Adams College porters are legendary for..such feats of memory.
Of a writer: relating legends. M17.
legen'darily adverb according to legend, notably, notoriously M20.