famous
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ˈfeɪ.məs/
Definition of famous
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Well known.
“By this my ſword that conquer’d Perſea, Thy fall ſhall make me famous through the world:”
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adj
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Well known.
“By this my ſword that conquer’d Perſea, Thy fall ſhall make me famous through the world:”
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In the public eye.
“Some people are only famous within their city.”
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Excellent.
“Pagett is a famous Job's comforter.”
verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To make famous; to bring renown to.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.
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