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saga

/ˈsɑgə/
/ˈsɒgə/
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Other forms: sagas

When your friend tells you every detail of how she tripped over a rock, broke her ankle, and then got into a car accident on the way to the hospital, she is sharing a long, involved story known as a saga.

The word saga has its origins in the Middle Ages. In those days, a saga was an historical tale of the first families who lived in Norway or Iceland. Today the word is used to describe a very complicated or detailed series of events. A saga is the kind of long, drawn-out story that can cause the people who hear it to roll their eyes in boredom.

Definitions of saga
  1. noun
    a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
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    type of:
    adventure story, heroic tale
    a story of an adventure
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/ˈsɑgə/
UK
/ˈsɒgə/
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