noun

1. Rare, Archaic public report; rumor
2. reputation, esp. good reputation
3. the state of being well known or much talked about; renown; celebrity

Etymology: ME < OFr < L fama, fame, reputation, akin to fari, to speak < IE base *bhā-, to speak > ban, boon, Gr phēmē, utterance, report

transitive verb famed, faming fam′·ing