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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Famous \Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr fama fame: cf F. fameux See {Fame}.] 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. Famous for a scolding tongue. --Shak. Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. Usage: {Famous}, {Renowned}, {Illustrious}. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See {Distinguished}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: famous adj : widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: {celebrated}, {famed}, {far-famed}, {illustrious}, {notable}, {noted}, {renowned}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FAMOUS, adj Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to be famous aspired. Content? Well his grill has a plating of gold, And his twistings are greatly admired. Hassan Brubuddy
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