fabled
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈfeɪbld/
- Literature
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legendario
- As if it were a storybook, a fabled America that never was.
- the fabled city
- the fabled Northwest
- the fabled Northwest Passage
Marvin was in fact, the last of the fabled Edward R Murrow hires at CBS, the Murrow Boys.
- Marvin was in fact, the last of the fabled Edward R Murrow hires at CBS, the Murrow Boys.
Examples
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Many adventurers have searched for the fabled city of gold hidden deep in the jungle.
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They plan to steal the fabled flame of Rasputin, A precious ruby necklace on loan to the Seaboard City museum.
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Such was the fate of your fabled sister city.
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How blessed am I to stand in your fabled presence.
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Now it seems as if that fabled Northwest Passage is about to open.
Academic text (2006) -
One such place is the fabled lost city of Atlantis.
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The most famous book burnings occurred in Alexandria, whose fabled libraries burned several times.
Academic text (2003) -
Despite the mysterious disappearance of its greatest player, the fabled park is still the epicenter of the streetball universe.
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The search for the fabled recipe had all of the earmarks of one of Louvia's many wild-goose chases.
Fiction book (1999) -
It is a map which purports to show the location of the fabled seven cities of Cibola near Cancùn on the Yucatán peninsula.
Synonyms
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Very famous and admired, like a hero from old stories
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Found only in old stories and not real, like dragons or unicorns
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Relating to traditional stories of gods and heroes that are not true
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Something that seems to belong to old stories and heroes
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From old myths and stories about creatures and events that are not real
Antonyms
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fabled comes from fable, which comes from Latin fabula meaning 'story'. So a 'fabled' place or thing is one that is famous in stories, often with a magical or exaggerated feel.