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fame (fām)

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

Archaic to make famous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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