Definition of famous

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Famous (a.) 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..

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Populous :: Populous (a.) Popular; famous.
Shillelah :: Shillelah (n.) An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks..
Famousness :: Famousness (n.) The state of being famous.
Prostitute :: Prostitute (a.) Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character..
Renown :: Renown (v. t.) To make famous; to give renown to.
Dies Irae :: Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon..
Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..
Opprobrious :: Opprobrious (a.) Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name..
Famoused :: Famoused (a.) Renowned.
Pentelican :: Pentelican (a.) Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built..
Toledo :: Toledo (n.) A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons..
Fame :: Fame (v. t.) To make famous or renowned.
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption..
Hyblaean :: Hyblaean (a.) Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees..
Eternization :: Eternization (n.) The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
Breme :: Breme (a.) Famous; renowned; well known.
Benedictine :: Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846..
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