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Definition of "storied" []

  • Celebrated or famous in history or story: the storied journey of the Mayflower. (adjective)
  • Ornamented with designs representing scenes from history, legend, or story: storied tapestry. (adjective)
  • Having or consisting of a specified number of stories. Often used in combination: a three-storied house; a multistoried office building. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "storied" in a sentence
  • "The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine."
  • "Applying opposite principles was tough here as the two teams did not meet in the regular season and neither has what you would call a storied playoff history."
  • "On a recent weeknight at the bar Southpaw in Park Slope, the Defibulators 'guitarist and banjo player Bryan Jennings (who goes by the name Bug) and singer Erin Bru slip into harmonies that recall the storied Gram Parsons-Emmylou Harris duets."