storied

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 discussed or written about.
      Synonym: legendary
      • 2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times[1], →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[2]:
        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.
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    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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