storied

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːɹid/

Adjective

storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)

  1. Much talked or written about.
    Synonym: legendary
    • 2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Not long after, the couple caught the attention of S. Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.
    • 28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald:
      Sure, they could have held onto the ball better at times, but they were compact, organised, and hardly gave their storied visitors a sniff from there on in.
  2. Historical.

Verb

storied

  1. simple past tense and past participle of story

Adjective

storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)

  1. (chiefly US) Having multiple storeys; multistoried.
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, [], London: [] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, pages 39–40:
      [W]hen vvee ſpeake of the Intercolumniation or diſtance, vvhich is due to each Order, vve meane in a Dorique, Ionicall, Corinthian Porch, or Cloiſter, or the like of one Contignation, and not in Storied buildings.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      Just as the first ray of the rising sun shot like a golden arrow athwart this storied desolation we gained the further gateway of the outer wall[.]
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