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legendary
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As an adjective, legendary means of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. As a noun, it means a legendary Pokémon.
Meanings of legendary
9 meaningsadjective
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.
So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
“the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers”
Celebrated in fable or legend
“the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”
“legendary exploits of Jesse James”
Similar: fabled
noun
pokémonA legendary Pokémon.
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteA collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
obsoleteOne who relates legends.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).