legendary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   So famous and admired that people tell stories about it.

   The team's legendary manager was honoured at the stadium.

2. 2
   adj

   Appearing in old stories or legends.

   They searched for the legendary lost city of gold.

From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.

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