Meaning & use

Storied

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Famous or notable in history or legend; having a rich and celebrated past.

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The storied university has produced generations of Nobel laureates.

He walked through the storied halls of the old castle.

A note on using this word

"Storied" can also literally describe a building having a specified number of stories, an older sense still visible in words like "two-storied."

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obscureunremarkable

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