Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Renown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The state or quality of being famous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The state or quality of being
famous .
Etymologies
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Latin famositas infamy: compare French famosité. See famous.
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Examples
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There seems to be an increase in that kind of comeback story, where people are screwing up being famous, getting famous-er because of it, and then getting even more fame for overcoming that error of famosity that they only made because they were in a famous-type situation.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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In spite of their famosity, I hadn’t heard about them until this thread.
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