legendarium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /lɛd͡ʒ.(ə)nˈdɛəɹ.i.əm/    美 /lɛd͡ʒ.ənˈdɛɹ.i.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A literary collection of legends, particularly those detailing the life of a saint.
    — The same society [the Swedish Old-text Society] has begun a continuation of the Old-Swedish Legendarium (in 2 volumes), edited for the society by Professor Stephens.
  2. The collected high fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien relating to the fictional realm of Middle-earth and the universe in which it is set.
    — “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” So began the legendarium that dominated a genre, changed Western literature and the field of linguistics, created a tapestry of characters and mythology that endured four generations, built an anti-war ethos that endured a World War and a Cold War, and spawned a multibillion-dollar media franchise.

词形变化

legendaria plural

词源

Neuter form of Medieval Latin legendarius, from Latin legendus.
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