fabled
Collocations
3ADJ.
golden
VERB + FABLED
found
FABLED + NOUN
city, loch, monster, ness
Definitions
adj
Known only in fables; fictitious.
Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
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adjective — celebrated in fable or legend
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32014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug
WiktionaryHe died believing that he had found the fabled golden city of the Incas.
Tatoeba · #5720838Scotland's fabled Loch Ness Monster might most likely be a giant eel, a study of samples of DNA in the lake's murky waters has found.
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