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Synonyms for famousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fey-muh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪ məs

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Définition of famousness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French famous, Old French fameus (Modern French fameux), from Latin famosus "much talked of, renowned," often "infamous, notorious, of ill repute," from fama (see fame (n.)). A native word for this was Old English namcuð, literally "name-known." Catch phrase famous last words "remark likely to be proved wrong" is first attested 1948.
  • noun fame
Example sentences :
  • She had taken in the housemaid and small-boy view of famousness, and she was having her shallow little day of living it.
  • Extract from : « The Other Girls » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
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