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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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