subcelebrity

noun

Etymology

From sub- + celebrity.

  1. derived from celēbritās
  2. derived from celebrite
  3. inherited from celebritē
  4. prefixed as subcelebrity — “sub + celebrity

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.

    • Himself almost unknown, Gay yet held a curious subcelebrity with not a few men who had won distinction in widely diverging lines.
  2. A person who is somewhat known but not famous enough to be considered a true celebrity.

    • So Angela was relegated to the netherworld of D.C. subcelebrities — not quite interesting enough to be famous but just famous enough to be interesting.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subcelebrity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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