Definition of famous

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Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate..

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Renownful :: Renownful (a.) Having great renown; famous.
Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon..
Eternization :: Eternization (n.) The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
Dies Irae :: Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
Toledo :: Toledo (n.) A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons..
Ignominy :: Ignominy (n.) An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
Rumorous :: Rumorous (a.) Famous; notorious.
Infamousness :: Infamousness (n.) The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
Parnassus :: Parnassus (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring..
Celebrious :: Celebrious (a.) Famous.
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict)..
Pactolian :: Pactolian (a.) Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands..
Delphic :: Delphic (a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place..
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer..
Colossus :: Colossus (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes..
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character..
Famosity :: Famosity (n.) The state or quality of being famous.
Populous :: Populous (a.) Popular; famous.
Illustriously :: Illustriously (adv.) In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.
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