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STORIED
celebrated, historied, storied
(adjective) having an illustrious past
storied, storeyed
(adjective) having stories as indicated; “a six-storied building”
STORY
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
storied (comparative more storied, superlative most storied)
much talked or written about
historical
(mostly, US) having multiple storeys; multistoried
Verb
storied
simple past tense and past participle of story
Anagrams
• destroi, doiters, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, sortied, steroid, tie rods, tierods, triodes
Source: Wiktionary
Sto"ried, a. Etym: [From Story.]
1. Told in a story.
2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past. Some greedy minion, or imperious wife, The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. Pope. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath Gray.
3. Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house.
STORY
Sto"ry, n.; pl. Stories. Etym: [OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected, p.p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.]
Definition: A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also storey.]
Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall.
Sto"ry, n. Etym: [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.]
1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W. Temple.
2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. Addison.
3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.]
Sto"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n. Storying.]
Definition: To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. Bp. Wilkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
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