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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legendary \Leg"end*a*ry\ (l[e^]j"[e^]n*d[asl]*r[y^]), a.
Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of
legends; like a legend; fabulous. ``Legendary writers.''
--Bp. Lloyd.
Legendary stories of nurses and old women. --Bourne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legendary \Leg"end*a*ry\, n. [Cf. OF legendaire LL
legendarius.]
1. A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
Read the Countess of Pembroke's ``Arcadia,'' a
gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents.
--James I.
2. One who relates legends. --Bp. Lavington.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
legendary
adj 1: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend;
"the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"
2: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and
his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: {fabled}]
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