legendary
adjective /ˈledʒəndri/
/ˈledʒənderi/
- 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 Christian charity had made him a legendary figure.
- We once received a visit from the legendary Orson Welles.
- [only before noun] mentioned in stories from ancient times
- legendary heroes
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’.