legendary

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And he rubbed the top of the alae's head till it was red with blood, and the red spot remains there to this day III PELE AND THE DELUGE Rev. A. O. Forbes All volcanic phenomena are associated in Hawaiian legendary lore with the goddess Pele; and it is a somewhat curious fact that to the same celebrated personage is also attributed a great flood that occurred in ancient times.

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  1. adjective Of, constituting, based on, or of the nature of a legend.
  2. adjective Celebrated in legend.
  3. adjective Extremely well known; famous or renowned. See Usage Note at legend.

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  • As popular imagery often depicts, the ambitious scientist paid a price in his personal life for his legendary isolation and focus. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • Ogura said that Kokonoe Oyakata, formerly known as the legendary Chiyonofuji and now sumo's head of public relations, had summoned the show's producer to the Sumo Association and threatened to withdraw Fuji's broadcasting rights for the sport unless Ogura apologized yesterday. —  Japan Zone - Entertainment News from Japan
  • It turns out that this mysterious user is known as Phantom, and he was the best programmer for the game during its beta test; he is now something of a rock-star and is known as a legendary avatar. —  Mania News Feed
  • Her military strength is legendary, her wealth enormous, when compared to other nations her size. —  The Omega Letter
  • Aside from his legendary basketball ability, Michael Jordan also has been known as a legendary gambler. —  pjstar.com Home RSS
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mythical ·  fabulous ·  heroic ·  historic ·  illustrious ·  medieval ·  well-known ·  romantic ·  magical ·  jewish ·  supernatural ·  imaginary
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  1. = French légendaire = Spanish Portuguese legendario = Italian leggendario, from Middle Latin legendarius, prop, adjective, pertaining to legends (as a noun, sc. liber, a book of legends), from legenda, a legend: see legend.
 

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