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English Dictionary: legendary by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): fabled, legendary
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 [bd]Arcadia,[b8] a
                     gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents.
                                                                              --James I.
  
      2. One who relates legends. --Bp. Lavington.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Legendary \Leg"end*a*ry\ (l[ecr]j"[ecr]n*d[asl]*r[ycr]), a.
      Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of
      legends; like a legend; fabulous. [bd]Legendary writers.[b8]
      --Bp. Lloyd.
  
               Legendary stories of nurses and old women. --Bourne.
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