legendary

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
• Appearing (solely) in legends.
• Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
• Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.

Noun

• A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
• One who relates legends.
• A legendary Pokémon.

Origin

• legend + -ary; from Middle Latin legendarius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.