storie

Middle English

/ˈstɔriː(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • The spoken or textual recounting of historic events or happenings as a story.
  • The visual portrayal of historic events or happenings as a story.
  • The spoken or textual recounting of mythic or fictional events taken as real as a story.
  • A work used as a basis or to source often another work etc.
  • History; the discipline of studying the past or the knowledge produced by it.
  • (rare) Past happenings or occurrences including mythic or purported events
  • (rare) A situation or scenario; a series of factors.
  • (rare) A funny or laugh-inducing quip.
  • (rare) The signification especially literal of something.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estorie derived from Latin historia (history, story, narrative, illustration) derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (learning through research, narration of what is learned, history, inquiry, examination).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἱστορία

Gloss

learning through research, narration of what is learned, history, inquiry, examination

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