famous
English
Etymology
From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪməs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪməs
Adjective
famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)
- Well known.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; 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.
Derived terms
- e-famous
- famousest
- famous for being famous
- famous last words
- famously
- famousness
- infamous
- infamously
- infamousness
- Internet famous
- nonfamous
- nonfamousness
- uber-famous
- unfamous
- world-famous
Related terms
- fame
Translations
well known
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in the public eye
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Verb
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.