Dictionary entry

Legendary (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Leg″end‐a‐ry, n. [Cf. OF. legendaire, LL. legendarius.] 1. A book of legends; a tale or narrative.

Read the Countess of Pembroke's “Arcadia,” a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I.

2. One who relates legends. Bp. Lavington.