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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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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