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storied

/ˈstɔːɹid/

storied adjective: much discussed or written about. Also the simple past and past participle of story.

Adjective (1)

storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)

  1. Much discussed or written about.
    • Not long after, the couple caught the attention of S. Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time.2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • Sure, they could have held onto the ball better at times, but they were compact, organised, and hardly gave their storied visitors a sniff from there on in.28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald
    Synonyms:
    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.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Adjective (2)

storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)

  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.1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, pages 39–40
    • Just as the first ray of the rising sun shot like a golden arrow athwart this storied desolation we gained the further gateway of the outer wall[.]1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Also used as

storied is also the simple past and past participle of story.

Examples of storied in a sentence

  • I won't hide that I unapologetically grift for this website, despite its storied history.
  • If we misplot ourselves, no doubt we will mislive ourselves; but we are storied creatures.
  • It has sent Americans questing for every sort of oddment and quaintness in objects from out of their storied past.

All 11 example sentences with storied

Synonyms of storied

Forms of storied

comparativemore storied
superlativemost storied
alternative formstoreyed

Origin of storied

From story + -ed.

From story (“floor, level”) + -ed.

Words formed from storied

Phrases with storied

Questions about storied

What does storied mean?
Storied means much discussed or written about.
What part of speech is storied?
Storied is an adjective.
How do you pronounce storied?
Storied is pronounced /ˈstɔːɹid/.

Words near storied in the dictionary

  1. storial
  2. storiated
  3. storiation
  4. storiations
  5. storie
  6. storied
  7. storier
  8. storiers
  9. stories
  10. stories of one's life
  11. stories of one's lives

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