fabled

Adjective
US[fey-buhld]/ˈfeɪbəld/2 syllables
Synonyms: legendary

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. celebrated in fable or legend“the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”“legendary exploits of Jesse James”Synonyms: legendaryOpposite existentSimilar unreal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“fabled” is listed under Fable.

Fa′ble intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Fabled; present participle & verbal noun Fabling.]

To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. “He Fables not.” William Shakespeare

Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.— Matthew Prior
He fables, yet speaks truth.— Matthew Arnold

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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