STORIED


Meaning of STORIED in English

I. ˈstōrēd, ˈstȯr-, -rid adjective

Etymology: story (I) + -ed

1. : decorated with designs representing scenes from story or history

a storied frieze

a storied tapestry

storied windows richly dight — John Milton

2. : having a history : celebrated in story or history : interesting from the stories that relate to it

a country with a storied past — V.G.Heiser

these are storied mountains — Cornelius Weygandt

a storied family

II. adjective

or sto·reyed |stōrēd, |stȯr- -rid

Etymology: story (III) , storey + -ed

1. : having stories

dwarfing the petty, storied dwellings — Edwin Benson

— often used in combination

a two- storied house

2. of wood : characterized by somewhat regular transverse rows when viewed in tangential section : having the appearance of ripple marks

storied cambium

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.