Definitions for famous
ˈfeɪ məsfa·mous

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renownedadjective

   widely known and esteemed

   "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

Wiktionary(4.28 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. famousadjective

   Well known.

2. famousadjective

   In the public eye.

   Some people are only famous within their city.

3. Etymology: From famous, from fameus (French: fameux).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Famousadjective

   Etymology: fameux, French; famosus, Latin.

   1. Renowned; celebrated; much talked of and praised.

   Henry the fifth, too famous to live long;
   England ne’er lost a king of so much worth. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   There rose up before Moses two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown. Num. xvi. 2.

   She became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. Ezek. xxiii. 10.

   Pyreius was only famous for counterfeiting all base things; as earthen pitchers, a scullery, rogues together by the ears, and swine tumbling in the mire; whereupon he was sirnamed Rupographus. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

   I shall be nam’d among the famousest
   Of women, sung at solemn festivals. John Milton, Agonistes.

   Many, besides myself, have heard our famous Waller own, that he derived the harmony of his numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign, which was turned into English by Mr. Fairfax. John Dryden, Fables, Dedication.

   2. It has sometimes a middle signification, and imports fame whether for good or ill.

   Menecrates and Menas, famous pyrates,
   Make the sea serve them. William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Famousadjective

   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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1. Famous

   Famous is the third studio album from U.S. alternative rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 9, 2007 on Flawless Records. Famous was originally set to be released in May, but was pushed back to add more songs to the album. The album was also announced by the band to be titled Livin' on Borrowed Time, but that was changed to Famous after the name of the first single. The title track provided the album's lead single on May 21, 2007. "Psycho" would follow as the second single on November 2. Famous debuted at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold around 363,000 copies in the US.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Famous

   fā′mus, adj. renowned: noted.—v.t. to make famous.—adv. Fā′mously.—n. Fā′mousness. [O. Fr.,—L. famosus—fama.]

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1. famous

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'famous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1584

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'famous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2436

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'famous' in Adjectives Frequency: #194

How to pronounce famous?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say famous in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of famous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of famous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of famous in a Sentence

1. South:

   The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words.

2. Andy Warhol:

   It's the place where my prediction from the sixties finally came true In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is, In fifteen minutes everybody will be famous.

3. Gabriel Rangel:

   The judge is the most famous terrier man in the world.

4. Andy Warhol:

   The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.

5. Christopher Barker:

   Compton Bay is a famous site for dinosaur fossils on the Isle of Wight. Most of these come from the older Wessex Formation, which was teaming with dinosaurs, our spinosaurs are indeed from the Vectis Formation, and bones( dinosaurs or otherwise) are rare in that formation( which is made up of several rock layers).

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