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famous

adj
/ˈfeɪ.məs/

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.

  1. derived from fāmōsus
  2. derived from famous
  3. inherited from famous

Definitions

  1. Well known.

    • By this my ſword that conquer’d Perſea, Thy fall ſhall make me famous through the world:

  2. In the public eye.

    • Some people are only famous within their city.

  3. Excellent.

    • Pagett is a famous Job's comforter.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To make famous

      To make famous; to bring renown to.

The neighborhood

Derived

cosfamous, e-famous, famous for being famous, famousish, famous last words, famously, famousness, gaymous, horse famous, infamous, infamously, infamousness, instafamous, Internet famous, megafamous, microfamous, nonfamousness, nonfamous, non-famous, overfamous, prefamous, pre-famous, pseudofamous, pseudo-famous, semifamous, semi-famous, superfamous, super-famous, uberfamous, uber-famous, ultrafamous, ultra-famous, unfamous, world-famous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at famous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01famous02well03accurately04error05sin06sinfulness07product08applied09apply10relevant

A definitional loop anchored at famous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at famous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA