fame

Fame is defined as being well known, talked about or having celebrity status.

(noun)

An example of a person with fame is Kim Kardashian.

See fame in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: 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

Archaic to make famous

See fame in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Great renown: a concert violinist of international fame.
b. Public estimation; reputation: a politician of ill fame.
Archaic Rumor.

transitive verb famed famed, fam·ing, fames

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin fāma; see bhā-² in Indo-European roots

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