legendary
le·gen·dary
adjective
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”
Origin
From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.
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