Lexic.us

Definition of Legendary

1. Adjective. So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend. "The legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"

2. Adjective. Celebrated in fable or legend. "Legendary exploits of Jesse James"

Definition of Legendary

1. a. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.

2. n. A book of legends; a tale or narrative.

Definition of Legendary

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. ¹

2. Adjective. Appearing (solely) in legends. ¹

3. Adjective. Having the splendor of a legend; fabled. ¹

4. Adjective. Having unimaginable greatness; excellent ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete) One who relates legends. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Legendary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Legendary

legatos legature legbreaker legbreakers lege leged legement legend legend in one's own lunchtime legendaire

legendaria legendaries legendarily legendariness legendarium legendary (current term) legendary creature legendize legendized legendizes

legendizing legendries legendry legends leger line leger lines legerdemain legerdemainist legerdemainists legerdemains

Literary usage of Legendary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"From Scotland came Macpherson's reweaving of ancient Gaelic legendary lore under the collective title of ' Ossian'; from Wales came the ' Mabinogion,' ..."

2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with by William Smith (1855)
"The legendary Account of this Event. The Invasion. $ 5. The legendary Account continued. The Division of Peloponnesus among the Conquerors. $ 6. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"A NOVEL feature of " The legendary History of Rome," is the introduction, chronologically, of Macaulay's " Lays of Ancient Rome" in the text of Livy. ..."

4. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"For the Albans are transferred to Rome, and the city is doubled, just as it was under Romulus.5 legendary history plays in the most lively colours, ..."

5. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1871)
"... Dwarfs, and Monstrous Tribes of men — Fanciful explanatory Myths — Myths attached to legendary or historical Personages—Etymological Myths on names of ..."

6. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"THE legendary HISTORY OF ... true character and history have been clouded over by legendary and miraculous tales. Every English writer, as I shall presently ..."

7. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"legendary Rascals A native anti-hero of the early stage especially dear to the May-day ... This legendary rogue seems first to have sprung from folklore, ..."

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