legendary

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #6724

Meanings

1

adj
So famous and admired that people tell stories about it.

The team's legendary manager was honoured at the stadium.
2

adj
Appearing in old stories or legends.

They searched for the legendary lost city of gold.

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Synonyms

1 adj · so famous and admired that... fabled

Word family

Derived forms legendarilylegendarinessnonlegendaryprelegendarypseudolegendarysemi-legendaryunlegendary

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legendary creature
a being described in traditional stories rather than established as a real animal

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

legendārius la-med legendārium la-med legenda Latin

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# legendary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 6724

## Meanings
1. So famous and admired that people tell stories about it.
2. Appearing in old stories or legends.

## Examples
- The team's legendary manager was honoured at the stadium.
- They searched for the legendary lost city of gold.

## Derived Forms
- legendarily
- legendariness
- nonlegendary
- prelegendary
- pseudolegendary
- semi-legendary
- unlegendary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: legendārius
- Root: legendārium
- Root: legenda

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Legendary comes 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix.

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