storied

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːɹid/
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Etymology 1

From story +‎ -ed.

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 and past participle of story

Etymology 2

From story (“floor, level”) +‎ -ed.

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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