legendedadj.
/ˈlɛdʒ(ə)ndᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒəndəd/ 1. Described or celebrated in legends; legendary.
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1609 King James VI & I Premonition Most Mightie Monarches 37 in Apol. for Oath Allegiance I am loath to beleeue all the tales of the legended Saints.
1893 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 9/1 The legended pursuit of Daphne by Apollo.
1945 Classical Jrnl. 41 5/1 Croesus, the legended king of his native land.
2001 K. Mew in J. Gillingham Anglo-Norman Stud. XXIII 165 I have also effectively added my own layer of mythology to an already legended landscape.
2. Bearing an inscription or legend (legend n. 5a). Cf. legendless adj.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > bearing inscription
inwrittena1382
storied1481
lettered1593
charactered1598
mottoed1738
inscriptional1777
inscribed1826
legended1847
inscriptured1881
inscriptioned1888
inscripted1923
sloganed1966
1847 E. A. Poe Ulalume in Amer. Rev. Dec. 600 By the door of a legended tomb.
1886 Cent. Mag. 32 595 The land of the legended fan and the lacquered box.
1976 Jrnl. Numismatic Soc. India 38 i. 42 His reign thus forms a period of transition from legended coins to legendless coins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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