storied
/ˈstɔːɹid/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of story
Example Sentences
- "Not long after, the couple caught the attention of S. Somasegar, the storied Indian American technology executive, who was at Microsoft at the time."
- "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."
- "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."
- "[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."
- "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[.]"
Etymology
From story + -ed.
Usage
- American usage