FAMOUS
ADJECTIVES
– BIG-NAME famous, important …Bk2006 US sl.
– BREME † celebrated, famous, glorious …a1000
– CELEBRIOUS well-known, famous, renowned, noted …1608 arch. or Eng. dial.
– CHAUNTED celebrated; hence, famous …E19 sl.
– CLAREOUS, CLAROUS †* illustrious, renowned, famous …a1636
- CRACK favourite; also, celebrated, famous …1835 Amer. sl.
– EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned …1547 rare or
obs.
– FAMEFUL full of fame, famous, renowned …1591
– FAMOSE † famous …1432-50
– FAR-KEND known far and wide, famous …1786 Sc.
– NAME-COUTH † known by name; famous; renowned; well-known …a1000
– NAMECUND †* famous …c1200
– NAMELY † distinguished, famous, notable for a thing …c1440 obs. exc. Sc.
– NOSCIBLE †* knowable, famous, well-known …1654
– ODD † singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice …c1400
NOUNS, PERSON
– BIG NAME a prominent, famous, important, or celebrated person, usually in the field of entertainment …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– BIG-TIMER a famous or leading person …1917
– FACE a recognizable person; a well-known person; a famous personality; a celebrity; a show-business notable …1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
– HEADLINER a famous person; a person of note; a prominent person; a performer who takes top billing at a show, venue, etc., and who typically appears last …1896 orig. US
– IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle …1927 colloq., orig. US
– MONSTRE SACRÉ a striking or eccentric public figure; a person of controversial renown, esp. in the world of entertainment …1959
– NAME an important or famous person …1975 US sl.
– TOP-SAWYER a famous or eminent person …1854
VERBS
1388 ► FAME to make famous; to talk of
1574 ► BEFAME to make famous → obs.
1590 ► FAMOSE to make famous; to render celebrated → obs. exc. arch.
1590 ► FAMOUS to make famous; to render celebrated → obs.
L19 ► CRACK INTO FAME to make famous by constant praise → sl.
L19 ► CRACK INTO REPUTATION to make famous by constant praise → sl.
L19 ► CRACK INTO REPUTE to make famous by constant praise → sl.
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