storied

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storied¹

  • /ˈstɔːɹid/

adjective more storied · most storied

  1. Much discussed or written about. You shuddered as you gazed, and wondered what monstrous cannibal and savage could ever have gone a death-harvesting with such a hacking, horrifying implement. Mixed with these were rusty old whaling lances and harpoons all broken and deformed. Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, no

    Similar: legendary

  2. Historical. Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of story

storied²

  • /ˈstɔːɹid/

adjective more storied · most storied · storeyed

  1. US Having multiple storeys; multistoried. [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.

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Closest in meaning: historied, celebrated, glorious, storeyed, high-rise, riche, rich, wealthy, noted, vaunted, famed, legendary, famous, historic, renowned, well-established

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@misc{storied_2026,
  title = {storied},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/storied},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}