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单词 legendary
释义 leg·end·ary
I. \-derē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin legendarius collection of saints' lives, from legenda legend + Latin -arius -ary — more at legend
1. : a book containing a collection of legends; especially : one devoted to stories of the lives of saints
 < ordered as a sign of repentance to write a legendary of good women — H.S.Bennett >
2. : a writer of legends
 < the ancient … historians and more modern legendaries — John Spencer >
II. adjective
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of legend or a legend : according to legend
 < the legendary cry of the arctic trailblazers — Horace Sutton >
 < all that legendary and Talmudic lore which has become so familiar to us — J.R.Green >
 < legendary history reported in the next generation — J.A.Froude >
Synonyms: see fictitious
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