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Legendary vs Merchild - What's the difference?

legendary | merchild |

As nouns the difference between legendary and merchild

is that legendary is (obsolete) a collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints while merchild is the young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

As an adjective legendary

is of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

legendary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
  • Appearing (solely) in legends.
  • Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
  • Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

    Noun

    (legendaries)
  • (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
  • (obsolete) One who relates legends.

    • merchild

    English

    Noun

    (merchildren)
  • The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
  • *1904 , Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot , p. 160:
    • The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone
    Wreathed with loose straggling roses, reigns alone...
  • * 2003 , Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap , Scholastic, ISBN 9780439781787, page 57:
    • There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren .
  • * 2003 , Debbie Viguié, Midnight Pearls , Simon Pulse (2003), ISBN 0689855575, page 80:
    • He shuddered as he thought about all the stories he had heard as a young merchild .

    Hyponyms

    * merbaby * merteen