storied
/'stɔ:rid/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a specified number of floors or levels: Used to describe a building's vertical structure.
- Celebrated or famous in story or history; having an illustrious past: Describing something or someone renowned, often surrounded by tales or legends.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Number of floors):
- The city is filled with ten-storied apartment blocks.
- They plan to construct a three-storied house on the vacant lot.
Adjective (Illustrious past):
- We visited the storied halls of the ancient university.
- The team returned to their storied stadium for the final championship game.
Advanced Usage
- "storied past/history": A common collocation emphasizing a rich, famous, or legendary history.
- The company's storied history is documented in the museum.
- The island has a storied past filled with pirates and explorers.
Variants and Related Words
Story (n): A tale or narrative; also, a floor or level in a building.
- The building has five stories.
- He told us an interesting story.
Multistoried (adj): Having many stories or floors.
- A multistoried parking garage.
Synonyms
- For "having floors": Tiered, multi-level.
- For "illustrious past": Legendary, famed, celebrated, renowned, historic.
Related Phrases
- "Storied tradition": A tradition that is famous and has been passed down through stories.
- The school is known for its storied tradition of academic excellence.
Notes on Meaning
- The meaning is entirely dependent on context. When followed by a number (e.g., "six-storied"), it exclusively refers to architecture. When used alone, it almost always refers to a celebrated, legendary quality. The hyphen is typically used when combining with a number (e.g., two-storied) but is often omitted in the "illustrious" sense.
Adjective
- having stories as indicated
- a six-storied building
- having an illustrious past