fame

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  1. noun Great renown: a concert violinist of international fame.
  2. noun Public estimation; reputation: a politician of ill fame.
  3. noun Archaic Rumor.
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  • Though his reign had been short, his fame was already widespread over all Europe as a kindly gentleman and a fearless soldier - a fit leader for a chivalrous nation. —  Sir Nigel
  • But his fame was as a particularly subtle player of the long bamboo flute. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2002
  • But no sooner had these stories appeared than her fame was assured, and money came in, so to speak, by handfuls, so that all financial troubles were altogether at an end. —  Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
  • When you look at a celebrity like Elizabeth Hurley, the genesis of her fame was the Versace dress she wore to the Four Weddings premiere. —  Quick Stop Entertainment
  • These former teen idols once had it all, but now their fame is a distant memory. —  Reality TV Magazine
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glory ·  reputation ·  renown ·  honor ·  wealth ·  happiness ·  success ·  achievement ·  fortune ·  praise ·  ambition ·  popularity
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fāma; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English fame, from Old French (and F.) fame = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian fama, from Latin fāma, the common talk, a report, personified Rumor; public opinion. good or bad fame (= Greek φήμη, a voice (of mysterious source), a prophetic voice, oracle, a rumor, reputation, etc.), from fari = Greek φάναι, speak, say: see fable, fate.
  2. from Middle English famen, make famous, more frequently make infamous, defame. Cf. Middle Latin famare, from Latin fama, fame.
  3. from Middle English famen, by apheresis for defamen: see defame.
  4. Middle English famen: see famish.
 

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