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Definition of legendary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

legendary

adjective
 
 
/ˈledʒəndri/
 
/ˈledʒənderi/
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  1.  
    very famous and talked about a lot by people
    • a legendary figure
    • the legendary Bob Dylan
    • Her patience and tact are legendary.
    • His dedication and charity had made him a legendary figure.
    • We once received a visit from the legendary Orson Welles.
  2.  
    [only before noun] mentioned in stories from ancient times
    • legendary heroes
    3. compare fabled
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a collection of legends, especially of saints' lives): from medieval Latin legendarius, from legenda ‘things to be read’, from Latin legere ‘read’.
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