famous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.
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Adjective edit
famous (comparative more famous or famouser, superlative most famous or famousest)
- Well known.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- By this my ſword that conquer’d Perſea,
Thy fall ſhall make me famous through the world:
- In the public eye.
- Some people are only famous within their city.
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well known
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in the public eye
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Verb edit
famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.
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