famen.¹

Brit.

/feɪm/, U.S.

/feɪm/

Forms: Also Middle English fam, 1500s fayme.

Etymology: < French fame, < Latin fāma report, fame, = Greek ϕήμη (Doric ϕάμᾱ) < root fā-, ϕᾱ- (Old Aryan *bhā-) in Latin fārī, Greek ϕάναι to speak.

a. That which people say or tell; public report, common talk; a particular instance of this, a report, rumour. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > rumour > [noun]

speechc1000

wordOE

hearinga1300

opinion1340

talesa1375

famea1387

inklinga1400

slandera1400

noising1422

rumour?a1425

bruit1477

nickinga1500

commoninga1513

roarc1520

murmura1522

hearsay?1533

cry1569

scandal1596

vogue1626

discourse1677

sough1716

circulation1775

gossip1811

myth1849

breeze1879

sound1899

potin1922

dirt1926

rumble1929

skinny1938

labrish1942

lie and story1950

scam1964

he-say-she-say1972

factoid1973

ripple1977

goss1985

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 71 Me schal trowe olde fame, þat is nouȝt wiþseide.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. ii. 24 It is not good fame which Y here.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8750 Of þis dome sua spredd þe fam, þat all spac of þis king salamon.

1482 Monk of Evesham 47 Not verely certifide of so soroful a fame and happe.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/1 As the fame runneth.

a1626 F. Bacon Ess. (1798) 269 Mucianus undid Vitellius by a Fame, that he scattered.

1679 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 199 I heare this only from publicke fame.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) Common Fame's seldom to blame.

1747 B. Franklin Plain Truth (new ed.) 21 The very Fame of our Strength..would be a Means of Discouraging our Enemies.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 38 (note) The King, whose zeal for Mr. Hastings was the object of common fame.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 163 At the fame of his approach, the colonists..retreated northward.

b. (quasi-) personified.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > personified

fame1393

rumour1600

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 350 Fame with her swifte winges Aboute fligh and bare tidinges.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Biii A myschiefe fame..That mouing growes, and flytting gathers force.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xi These monasticall persones..toke on them to..regester in the boke of fame, the noble actes.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 135 On the nethermost part of the Portal is carv'd an Eagle..and on each side of the Eagle a Fame.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 113 I would thou couldst clear him of other charges, with which fame hath loaded him.

†c. without fame: ? = ‘without fable’, certainly. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]

mid or with (‥) soothc888

soothfastlya890

soothfastc950

rightOE

yeaOE

soothlyOE

soothOE

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of very (due) right?a1366

leallya1375

amenc1384

in soothnessc1386

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in certaina1400

truea1400

without(en) wougha1400

in veirec1400

in deedc1405

without famec1430

in veramentc1450

utterlyc1460

veritably1481

veritable1490

voirably1501

seriously1644

quite1736

quite1881

c1430 Hymns Virg. 116 Alle things sche trowith without fame That goddis lawe techith truthe to be.

c1450 Guy Warw. (C.) 108 Segwarde was..A trewe man, wythowten fame.

a. The character attributed to a person or thing by report or generally entertained; reputation. Usually in good sense.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]

nameeOE

talec1175

fame?c1225

lose1297

creancec1330

stevenc1374

opinionc1384

credencec1390

recorda1393

renowna1400

reputationc1400

reportc1425

regardc1440

esteema1450

noisea1470

reapport1514

estimation1530

savour1535

existimationa1538

countenancea1568

credit1576

standing1579

stair1590

perfumec1595

estimate1597

pass1601

reportage1612

vibration1666

suffrage1667

rep1677

face1834

odour1835

rap1966

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 165 Ha schal..þenchen lesse of god & leosen hire fame.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 367 Þer nas prince in þe al worlde of so noble fame.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 281 His virtues passed his fame.

1456 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 183 Allas! why dede wee these offence, Ffully to shende the olde Englisshe fames.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 574 A knycht..Curtas and fair, and of gude fame.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxix This is the most spot that was..euer moste to be caste in the Dukes fame.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 58 Such whose fames are yet entire.

1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. ii. iii. 366 They ought to..enquire into her former and present fame.

1800–24 T. Campbell Adelgitha in Poems i A valiant champion..slew the slanderer of her fame.

1867 M. Arnold Bacchanalia in New Poems 176 Many spent fames and fallen nights.

b. house of ill fame: see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 3l.

a. The condition of being much talked about. Chiefly in good sense: Reputation derived from great achievements; celebrity, honour, renown.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun]

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reputationc1390

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renomeea1393

celebrity?c1400

enpressc1400

notec1400

renowneec1430

flavourc1449

honestnessa1450

bruita1470

renome?1473

famosity1535

famousness1548

renownedness1596

celebration1631

rumour1638

notedness1661

noise1670

distinction1699

eminence1702

éclat1742

baya1764

kudos1831

lionhood1833

lionism1835

lionship1837

lionization1841

stardom1865

spotlight1875

réclame1883

stellardom1883

the big cheesea1910

big time1910

star billing1910

starring1913

megastardom1981

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 27/26 On of heom: Þat was of grete fame.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter viii. 1 Þe coy and þe fame of þi name ihesu.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 19 A man of mykil fame.

1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaij The fame of Achilles.

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman v. iv. 9 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 42 Fame…that second Life in others Breath.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III cxii. 61 Fame is the thirst of youth.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 295 Bands which had long sustained..the fame of English valour.

†b. With adjective in pejorative sense. Obsolete. rare.

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2476 Þe land of sodome..was in an iuel fame.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G This father himselfe..was also in a sinister fame.

†c. concrete. One who constitutes the fame of a place; its ‘glory’. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > who constitutes the fame of a place

famea1593

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. E2^v The learned Faustus, fame of Wittenberge.

†4. Evil repute, infamy. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun]

famec1325

infame1413

infamy1473

escry1484

enfame1532

famosity1535

notoriousness1607

infamousness1675

stigmaticalness1727

c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 111 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 328 Thise gode men fallen oft in fame.

c1375 Cato Major ii. xxiii, in Anglia (1884) VII Þei ben two wikked vices And bringe men ofte in fame.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 3413 The fame that on me hys broght.

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (1717) 37 Fame finds never Tomb t'inclose it in.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. Objective.

fame-catcher n.

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1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Introd. sig. B^v Let Fame-catchers mind their stops.

fame-seeker n.

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1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 20 Men, not self-seekers, nor fame-seekers.

fame-spreader n.

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fame spreader, famiger.

fame-achieving adj.

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1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 71 Fame-atchieuing [printed -acthieuing] Arthur.

fame-destroying adj.

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1899 R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 34 The fiddler with his fame-destroying mañana theme.

fame-getting adj.

ΚΠ

1820 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 Apr. (1964) II. 185 Atoms of the fame-getting..whirlwind.

fame-giving adj.

ΚΠ

1756 R. O. Cambridge Fakeer 51 In retirement he sigh'd for the fame-giving chair.

fame-thirsting adj.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 425 Fame-thirsting wits, that toyle..to trick their gracious stile.

fame-thirsty adj.

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1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) 219 Portingales fame-thirsty king.

fame-worthy adj.

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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. ii. 655 Athens..was more famous, then fame-worthy.

1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 146 Fame-worthy shepherd from Amphrysus.

C2. Instrumental.

fame-blazed adj.

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?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 57 Take thou my fame-blaz'd arms.

fame-crowned adj.

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1811 M. Starke Beauties of C. M. Maggi 36 Dear, classic soil, whence fame-crown'd Tasso sprang.

fame-ennobled adj.

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1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Furies in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 444 To grace their fame-ennobled arms with victory.

fame-favoured adj.

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1893 E. Sullivan tr. Dante Comedy ii. 4 Rescue me from her, fame-favoured bard.

fame-sung adj.

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a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxlviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 163 Let not that Day, fame-sung, fill up the mouth of Honour.

C3.

fame-flower n. (see quot. 1891).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American

innocent1600

lychnidea1733

swamp lily1737

atamasco lily1743

phlox1754

lychnis1760

painted cup1776

mountain pink1818

phacelia1818

innocence1821

Nemophila1822

clarkia1827

Physostegia1830

bitter root1838

standing cypress1841

false mermaid1845

lion's heart1845

shooting star1856

lewisia1863

satin flower1871

fame-flower1879

baby blue-eyes1887

mayflower1892

agastache1900

obedient plant1900

Pennsylvania anemone1900

rock rose1906

Virginia bluebell1934

parsley1936

poached egg flower1963

poached eggs1971

poached egg plant1977

1879 T. Meehan Native Flowers & Ferns U.S. II. 55 Terete talinum... Thus Rafinesque proposed to call it Phemeranthes or ‘Fame-flower’.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Talinum T(alinum) teretifolium, a native of the United States from Pennsylvania to Colorado and southward, a low tuberous-rooted perennial, growing on rocks and exceptional in its cylindrical leaves, has been called fame-flower from the transitoriness of its elegant purple petals.

1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 47 It appears on the sandstones at Rock City..and travels all the way to the southern extremity... This is fame-flower.

Draft additions April 2002

With an adjective or noun modifier. of —— fame: famous for having or being ——; famously associated or particularly identified with ——; well-known from ——.

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1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 18 The Norland Clerks, of thrifty Fame, Compar'd with him are very lame.

1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass Pref. p. v I rose, and declared that Patrick Henry, of revolutionary fame, never made a speech more eloquent in the cause of liberty, than the one we had just listened to from the lips of that hunted fugitive.

1861 A. Strickland Old Friends 2nd Ser. 71 The notorious young outlaw..of window-breaking fame.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 98/2 Among the contributors to its transactions..we find..P. Buttmann, Encke (of comet fame), L. Euler, the brothers Grimm.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses vii. 157 The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) of Biblical fame is probably one of the most destructive.

1963 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited v. 63 A trust set up in the 1920s by George Eastman of Kodak fame.

1983 J. Hooper in O. Davies Omni Bk. Paranormal & Mind xxxvi. 406 Remember the jolly, saftig endomorphs..of pop-psychology fame?

1996 India Today 30 June 172/4 The tabla maestro of the curly locks and drop-dead looks fame.

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fifteen minutes of fame: see fifteen minutes n. at fifteen adj. and n. Additions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† famen.²

Forms: In 1500s fayme.

Etymology: < French faim < Latin fam-em, fames hunger.

Obsolete. rare.

Want of food, hunger.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun]

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sharpsetness1673

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stomach-worm1788

hunger-pain1820

yird-hunger1825

appetizement1826

yapness1828

esuriencea1834

peckishness1871

sinking feeling1890

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlviii. 560 I haue bene in y^e presone to bere meet to y^e..presoners, who cryeth out for fayme.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

famev.¹

Brit.

/feɪm/, U.S.

/feɪm/

Etymology: < Old French fame-r, < fame fame n.¹; compare medieval Latin fāmāre.

Now rare.

†1. transitive. To tell or spread abroad, report. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]

sowc888

blowc1275

dispeple1297

to do abroadc1300

fame1303

publyc1350

defamea1382

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open?1387

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slandera1400

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abroachc1400

throwc1400

to give outa1425

promote?a1425

noisec1425

publicc1430

noisec1440

divulgea1464

to put outc1475

skail1487

to come out witha1500

bruit1525

bruita1529

to bear out1530

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promulgate1530

propale?1530

ventilate1530

provulgate1535

sparple1536

sparse1536

promulge1539

disperse1548

publicate1548

forthtell1549

hurly-burly?1550

propagate1554

to set abroada1555

utter1561

to set forth1567

blaze1570

evulgate1570

scatter1576

rear?1577

to carry about1585

pervulgate1586

celebrate?1596

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vent1602

evulge1611

to give forth1611

impublic1628

ventilate1637

disseminate1643

expose1644

emit1650

to put about1664

to send abroad1681

to get abroad1688

to take out1697

advertise1710

forward1713

to set abouta1715

circulate1780

broadcast1829

vent1832

vulgate1851

debit1879

float1883

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3654 Ȝyf he þat cunseyl fyrþer fame.

1483 Cath. Angl. 122 To Fame, famare.

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xx. 45 His prayse to fame.

1671 tr. J. de Palafox y Mendoza Hist. Conquest of China by Tartars i. 7 It is famed, that they were both Generals in the Emperour of China's Armies.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 575 It was famed and reported frequently to him.

2. To report (a person or thing) as, for, to be (so and so), also to do (so and so). Chiefly in passive, to be currently reported or reputed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > have reputation [verb (intransitive)] > be reputed as, for, or to be

famec1384

crack up1829

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve

famec1384

hunger-starve1390

enfamisha1400

famisha1400

forclemc1400

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clem?c1600

effamisha1603

affamish1615

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 690 Ye wolde, Ben famed good, and nothyng nolde Deserue why.

a1400–50 Alexander 2387 Alexander is..famyd For ane of þe curtast kyng þat euir croune werid.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 275 He watz famed for fre þat feȝt loued best.

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 68 b Samuel shulde be famed abroad to haue bene promysed and borne by myracle.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 175 This is famed to be the houshold Monument of certaine of the Kings of Iuda.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 26 Your Grace hath still beene fam'd for vertuous.

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall i. sig. C4 One however maskt In colourable privacie, is fam'd The Lord Adurnses pensioner, at least.

1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III iii. 82 That Richard..should fame king Edward the fourth a bastard.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1094 Thou art fam'd To have wrought..wonders with an Asses Jaw.

1820 J. Keats Ode to Nightingale in Lamia & Other Poems 112 The fancy cannot cheat so well As she is fam'd to do.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxiii. 141 She was..not so beautiful as she was famed.

3. To make famous:

a. To spread abroad the fame of, render famous by talk; to talk of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of

to speak of ——c825

sayOE

besayc1200

talk ofc1230

to make mention ofc1300

readc1300

yminnea1325

nevenc1330

to make mindc1350

toucha1375

famea1400

minta1400

clepec1400

rehearsec1405

recitec1436

reckonc1480

mentionatec1525

mention1530

to speak upon ——1535

name1542

repeatc1550

voice1597

commemorate1599

to speak on ——1600

notice1611

quote1612

to make vent ofa1616

memorate1623

mensh1928

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)]

enluminec1386

famea1400

bruitc1487

renowna1500

celebrate1522

specifya1525

illustrate1530

illustre1530

resoundc1550

blaze1552

blazon1553

ennoble1565

repeat1582

famose1590

famous1590

royalize1590

emblazon1592

emblaze1596

concelebrate1599

blazonize1614

laurizea1618

lustre1627

befame1669

sound1711

belion1837

lionize1837

a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 42 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 Þat þou be nane of þese þat men famis in fable.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 31 But thei..diffameden [v.r. famyden] hym thorou al that lond.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 238 Be..thy parts of nature, Thrice fam'd beyond all thy erudition.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xliii, in Wks. I. 780 Her foes enough would fame thee in their hate.

1635 T. M. in A. Stafford Femall Glory sig. d3 When we desire to fame Some other Maid.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. ii. 4 His name on every shore Is famed and fear'd.

†b. To render famous by some quality, deed, etc. Said also of the quality or deed. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] > by some quality or deed

famea1552

a1552 J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1715) I. ii. 549 Syr Knight, ye be cum hither to fame your Helmet.

1587 R. Greene Morando ii. sig. H The..Cedar trees, Whose stately bulkes doth fame th' Arabian groues.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 91 Of holy Vrsula (that fam'd her age).

c1665 L. Hutchinson Life in Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 279 In that magnanimitie and virtue which hath fam'd this island.

4. To spread an ill report of (a person); to defame. [Perhaps short for defame v.: but compare fame n.¹ 4]

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]

to say or speak shame of, on, byc950

teleeOE

sayOE

to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000

belie?c1225

betell?c1225

missayc1225

skandera1300

disclanderc1300

wrenchc1300

bewrayc1330

bite1330

gothele1340

slanderc1340

deprave1362

hinderc1375

backbite1382

blasphemec1386

afamec1390

fame1393

to blow up?a1400

defamea1400

noise1425

to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445

malignc1450

to speak villainy of1470

infame1483

injury1484

painta1522

malicea1526

denigrate1526

disfamea1533

misreporta1535

sugill?1539

dishonest?c1550

calumniate1554

scandalize1566

ill1577

blaze1579

traduce1581

misspeak1582

blot1583

abuse1592

wronga1596

infamonize1598

vilify1598

injure?a1600

forspeak1601

libel1602

infamize1605

belibel1606

calumnize1606

besquirt1611

colly1615

scandala1616

bedirt1622

soil1641

disfigurea1643

sycophant1642

spatter1645

sugillate1647

bespattera1652

bedung1655

asperse1656

mischieve1656

opprobriatea1657

reflect1661

dehonestate1663

carbonify1792

defamate1810

mouth1810

foul-mouth1822

lynch1836

rot1890

calumny1895

ding1903

bad-talk1938

norate1938

bad-mouth1941

monster1967

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 232 Þow hast famede me foule by-fore þe kynge here.

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 392 Yf it may be founde in thee, That thou them fame for enmyte.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 21 False and fekyll was that wyght, That lady for to fame.

†5. to fame it: to become famous.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)]

shinec900

to get (also make) oneself a nameOE

blazea1387

flourisha1387

resound1562

to fame ita1625

to make a noise in the world1662

to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1691

to set the Thames on fire1720

star1815

lionize1834

to make a name for oneself1997

a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq3 ^v/1 Do you call this fame? I have fam'd it; I have got immortall fame, but I'le no more on't.

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† famev.²

Etymology: < Latin fames hunger. Compare Old French afamer.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To famish, starve.

ΚΠ

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2979 Steuen wille vs traueile & famen vs to dede.

Derivatives

ˈfamyt adj.

ΚΠ

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 105 Thyn ffamyt folke with thi ffode to fede.

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n.¹?c1225

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单词	fame
释义	famen.¹ Brit. /feɪm/, U.S. /feɪm/ Forms: Also Middle English fam, 1500s fayme. Etymology: < French fame, < Latin fāma report, fame, = Greek ϕήμη (Doric ϕάμᾱ) < root fā-, ϕᾱ- (Old Aryan bhā-) in Latin fārī, Greek ϕάναι* to speak. 1. a. That which people say or tell; public report, common talk; a particular instance of this, a report, rumour. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] speechc1000 wordOE hearinga1300 opinion1340 talesa1375 famea1387 inklinga1400 slandera1400 noising1422 rumour?a1425 bruit1477 nickinga1500 commoninga1513 roarc1520 murmura1522 hearsay?1533 cry1569 scandal1596 vogue1626 discourse1677 sough1716 circulation1775 gossip1811 myth1849 breeze1879 sound1899 potin1922 dirt1926 rumble1929 skinny1938 labrish1942 lie and story1950 scam1964 he-say-she-say1972 factoid1973 ripple1977 goss1985 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 71 Me schal trowe olde fame, þat is nouȝt wiþseide. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. ii. 24 It is not good fame which Y here. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8750 Of þis dome sua spredd þe fam, þat all spac of þis king salamon. 1482 Monk of Evesham 47 Not verely certifide of so soroful a fame and happe. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/1 As the fame runneth. a1626 F. Bacon Ess. (1798) 269 Mucianus undid Vitellius by a Fame, that he scattered. 1679 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 199 I heare this only from publicke fame. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) Common Fame's seldom to blame. 1747 B. Franklin Plain Truth (new ed.) 21 The very Fame of our Strength..would be a Means of Discouraging our Enemies. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 38 (note) The King, whose zeal for Mr. Hastings was the object of common fame. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 163 At the fame of his approach, the colonists..retreated northward. b. (quasi-) personified. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > personified fame1393 rumour1600 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 350 Fame with her swifte winges Aboute fligh and bare tidinges. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Biii A myschiefe fame..That mouing growes, and flytting gathers force. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xi These monasticall persones..toke on them to..regester in the boke of fame, the noble actes. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 135 On the nethermost part of the Portal is carv'd an Eagle..and on each side of the Eagle a Fame. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 113 I would thou couldst clear him of other charges, with which fame hath loaded him. †c. without fame: ? = ‘without fable’, certainly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] mid or with (‥) soothc888 soothfastlya890 soothfastc950 rightOE yeaOE soothlyOE soothOE trulyc1225 soothrightc1275 purec1300 verament1303 verily1303 purelyc1325 verimentc1325 indeedc1330 veirec1330 soothfully1340 faithlyc1350 of very (due) right?a1366 leallya1375 amenc1384 in soothnessc1386 verya1387 in certaina1400 truea1400 without(en) wougha1400 in veirec1400 in deedc1405 without famec1430 in veramentc1450 utterlyc1460 veritably1481 veritable1490 voirably1501 seriously1644 quite1736 quite1881 c1430 Hymns Virg. 116 Alle things sche trowith without fame That goddis lawe techith truthe to be. c1450 Guy Warw. (C.) 108 Segwarde was..A trewe man, wythowten fame. 2. a. The character attributed to a person or thing by report or generally entertained; reputation. Usually in good sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] nameeOE talec1175 fame?c1225 lose1297 creancec1330 stevenc1374 opinionc1384 credencec1390 recorda1393 renowna1400 reputationc1400 reportc1425 regardc1440 esteema1450 noisea1470 reapport1514 estimation1530 savour1535 existimationa1538 countenancea1568 credit1576 standing1579 stair1590 perfumec1595 estimate1597 pass1601 reportage1612 vibration1666 suffrage1667 rep1677 face1834 odour1835 rap1966 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 165 Ha schal..þenchen lesse of god & leosen hire fame. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 367 Þer nas prince in þe al worlde of so noble fame. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 281 His virtues passed his fame. 1456 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 183 Allas! why dede wee these offence, Ffully to shende the olde Englisshe fames. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 574 A knycht..Curtas and fair, and of gude fame. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxix This is the most spot that was..euer moste to be caste in the Dukes fame. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 58 Such whose fames are yet entire. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. ii. iii. 366 They ought to..enquire into her former and present fame. 1800–24 T. Campbell Adelgitha in Poems i A valiant champion..slew the slanderer of her fame. 1867 M. Arnold Bacchanalia in New Poems 176 Many spent fames and fallen nights. b. house of ill fame: see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 3l. 3. a. The condition of being much talked about. Chiefly in good sense: Reputation derived from great achievements; celebrity, honour, renown. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] hereworda1100 famec1290 lose1297 renownc1330 namecouthhead1340 noblessec1350 namec1384 reputationc1390 emprisea1393 renomeea1393 celebrity?c1400 enpressc1400 notec1400 renowneec1430 flavourc1449 honestnessa1450 bruita1470 renome?1473 famosity1535 famousness1548 renownedness1596 celebration1631 rumour1638 notedness1661 noise1670 distinction1699 eminence1702 éclat1742 baya1764 kudos1831 lionhood1833 lionism1835 lionship1837 lionization1841 stardom1865 spotlight1875 réclame1883 stellardom1883 the big cheesea1910 big time1910 star billing1910 starring1913 megastardom1981 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 27/26 On of heom: Þat was of grete fame. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter viii. 1 Þe coy and þe fame of þi name ihesu. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 19 A man of mykil fame. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaij The fame of Achilles. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman v. iv. 9 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off. 1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 42 Fame…that second Life in others Breath. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III cxii. 61 Fame is the thirst of youth. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 295 Bands which had long sustained..the fame of English valour. †b. With adjective in pejorative sense. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2476 Þe land of sodome..was in an iuel fame. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G This father himselfe..was also in a sinister fame. †c. concrete. One who constitutes the fame of a place; its ‘glory’. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > who constitutes the fame of a place famea1593 a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. E2^v The learned Faustus, fame of Wittenberge. †4. Evil repute, infamy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] famec1325 infame1413 infamy1473 escry1484 enfame1532 famosity1535 notoriousness1607 infamousness1675 stigmaticalness1727 c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 111 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 328 Thise gode men fallen oft in fame. c1375 Cato Major ii. xxiii, in Anglia (1884) VII Þei ben two wikked vices And bringe men ofte in fame. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 3413 The fame that on me hys broght. 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (1717) 37 Fame finds never Tomb t'inclose it in. Compounds General attributive. C1. Objective. a. fame-catcher n. ΚΠ 1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Introd. sig. B^v Let Fame-catchers mind their stops. fame-seeker n. ΚΠ 1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 20 Men, not self-seekers, nor fame-seekers. fame-spreader n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fame spreader, famiger. b. fame-achieving adj. ΚΠ 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 71 Fame-atchieuing [printed -acthieuing] Arthur. fame-destroying adj. ΚΠ 1899 R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 34 The fiddler with his fame-destroying mañana theme. fame-getting adj. ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 Apr. (1964) II. 185 Atoms of the fame-getting..whirlwind. fame-giving adj. ΚΠ 1756 R. O. Cambridge Fakeer 51 In retirement he sigh'd for the fame-giving chair. fame-thirsting adj. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 425 Fame-thirsting wits, that toyle..to trick their gracious stile. fame-thirsty adj. ΚΠ 1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) 219 Portingales fame-thirsty king. fame-worthy adj. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. ii. 655 Athens..was more famous, then fame-worthy. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 146 Fame-worthy shepherd from Amphrysus. C2. Instrumental. fame-blazed adj. ΚΠ ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 57 Take thou my fame-blaz'd arms. fame-crowned adj. ΚΠ 1811 M. Starke Beauties of C. M. Maggi 36 Dear, classic soil, whence fame-crown'd Tasso sprang. fame-ennobled adj. ΚΠ 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Furies in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 444 To grace their fame-ennobled arms with victory. fame-favoured adj. ΚΠ 1893 E. Sullivan tr. Dante Comedy ii. 4 Rescue me from her, fame-favoured bard. fame-sung adj. ΚΠ a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxlviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 163 Let not that Day, fame-sung, fill up the mouth of Honour. C3. fame-flower n. (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1879 T. Meehan Native Flowers & Ferns U.S. II. 55 Terete talinum... Thus Rafinesque proposed to call it Phemeranthes or ‘Fame-flower’. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Talinum T(alinum) teretifolium, a native of the United States from Pennsylvania to Colorado and southward, a low tuberous-rooted perennial, growing on rocks and exceptional in its cylindrical leaves, has been called fame-flower from the transitoriness of its elegant purple petals. 1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 47 It appears on the sandstones at Rock City..and travels all the way to the southern extremity... This is fame-flower. Draft additions April 2002 With an adjective or noun modifier. of —— fame: famous for having or being ——; famously associated or particularly identified with ——; well-known from ——. ΚΠ 1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 18 The Norland Clerks, of thrifty Fame, Compar'd with him are very lame. 1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass Pref. p. v I rose, and declared that Patrick Henry, of revolutionary fame, never made a speech more eloquent in the cause of liberty, than the one we had just listened to from the lips of that hunted fugitive. 1861 A. Strickland Old Friends 2nd Ser. 71 The notorious young outlaw..of window-breaking fame. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 98/2 Among the contributors to its transactions..we find..P. Buttmann, Encke (of comet fame), L. Euler, the brothers Grimm. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses vii. 157 The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) of Biblical fame is probably one of the most destructive. 1963 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited v. 63 A trust set up in the 1920s by George Eastman of Kodak fame. 1983 J. Hooper in O. Davies Omni Bk. Paranormal & Mind xxxvi. 406 Remember the jolly, saftig endomorphs..of pop-psychology fame? 1996 India Today 30 June 172/4 The tabla maestro of the curly locks and drop-dead looks fame. Draft additions April 2002 fifteen minutes of fame: see fifteen minutes n. at fifteen adj. and n. Additions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † famen.² Forms: In 1500s fayme. Etymology: < French faim < Latin fam-em, fames hunger. Obsolete. rare. Want of food, hunger. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] hungerc825 appetite1303 famec1515 sharpness1581 suction1615 meat-will1643 sucking1656 sharpsetness1673 esurition1678 stomach-worm1788 hunger-pain1820 yird-hunger1825 appetizement1826 yapness1828 esuriencea1834 peckishness1871 sinking feeling1890 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlviii. 560 I haue bene in y^e presone to bere meet to y^e..presoners, who cryeth out for fayme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). famev.¹ Brit. /feɪm/, U.S. /feɪm/ Etymology: < Old French fame-r, < fame fame n.¹; compare medieval Latin fāmāre. Now rare. †1. transitive. To tell or spread abroad, report. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3654 Ȝyf he þat cunseyl fyrþer fame. 1483 Cath. Angl. 122 To Fame, famare. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xx. 45 His prayse to fame. 1671 tr. J. de Palafox y Mendoza Hist. Conquest of China by Tartars i. 7 It is famed, that they were both Generals in the Emperour of China's Armies. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 575 It was famed and reported frequently to him. 2. To report (a person or thing) as, for, to be (so and so), also to do (so and so). Chiefly in passive, to be currently reported or reputed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > have reputation [verb (intransitive)] > be reputed as, for, or to be famec1384 crack up1829 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve famec1384 hunger-starve1390 enfamisha1400 famisha1400 forclemc1400 famine1520 starve1570 hunger1575 clem?c1600 effamisha1603 affamish1615 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 690 Ye wolde, Ben famed good, and nothyng nolde Deserue why. a1400–50 Alexander 2387 Alexander is..famyd For ane of þe curtast kyng þat euir croune werid. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 275 He watz famed for fre þat feȝt loued best. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 68 b Samuel shulde be famed abroad to haue bene promysed and borne by myracle. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 175 This is famed to be the houshold Monument of certaine of the Kings of Iuda. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 26 Your Grace hath still beene fam'd for vertuous. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall i. sig. C4 One however maskt In colourable privacie, is fam'd The Lord Adurnses pensioner, at least. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III iii. 82 That Richard..should fame king Edward the fourth a bastard. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1094 Thou art fam'd To have wrought..wonders with an Asses Jaw. View more context for this quotation 1820 J. Keats Ode to Nightingale in Lamia & Other Poems 112 The fancy cannot cheat so well As she is fam'd to do. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxiii. 141 She was..not so beautiful as she was famed. 3. To make famous: a. To spread abroad the fame of, render famous by talk; to talk of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of to speak of ——c825 sayOE besayc1200 talk ofc1230 to make mention ofc1300 readc1300 yminnea1325 nevenc1330 to make mindc1350 toucha1375 famea1400 minta1400 clepec1400 rehearsec1405 recitec1436 reckonc1480 mentionatec1525 mention1530 to speak upon ——1535 name1542 repeatc1550 voice1597 commemorate1599 to speak on ——1600 notice1611 quote1612 to make vent ofa1616 memorate1623 mensh1928 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] enluminec1386 famea1400 bruitc1487 renowna1500 celebrate1522 specifya1525 illustrate1530 illustre1530 resoundc1550 blaze1552 blazon1553 ennoble1565 repeat1582 famose1590 famous1590 royalize1590 emblazon1592 emblaze1596 concelebrate1599 blazonize1614 laurizea1618 lustre1627 befame1669 sound1711 belion1837 lionize1837 a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 42 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 Þat þou be nane of þese þat men famis in fable. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 31 But thei..diffameden [v.r. famyden] hym thorou al that lond. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 238 Be..thy parts of nature, Thrice fam'd beyond all thy erudition. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xliii, in Wks. I. 780 Her foes enough would fame thee in their hate. 1635 T. M. in A. Stafford Femall Glory sig. d3 When we desire to fame Some other Maid. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. ii. 4 His name on every shore Is famed and fear'd. †b. To render famous by some quality, deed, etc. Said also of the quality or deed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] > by some quality or deed famea1552 a1552 J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1715) I. ii. 549 Syr Knight, ye be cum hither to fame your Helmet. 1587 R. Greene Morando ii. sig. H The..Cedar trees, Whose stately bulkes doth fame th' Arabian groues. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 91 Of holy Vrsula (that fam'd her age). c1665 L. Hutchinson Life in Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 279 In that magnanimitie and virtue which hath fam'd this island. 4. To spread an ill report of (a person); to defame. [Perhaps short for defame v.: but compare fame n.¹ 4] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 teleeOE sayOE to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000 belie?c1225 betell?c1225 missayc1225 skandera1300 disclanderc1300 wrenchc1300 bewrayc1330 bite1330 gothele1340 slanderc1340 deprave1362 hinderc1375 backbite1382 blasphemec1386 afamec1390 fame1393 to blow up?a1400 defamea1400 noise1425 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 malignc1450 to speak villainy of1470 infame1483 injury1484 painta1522 malicea1526 denigrate1526 disfamea1533 misreporta1535 sugill?1539 dishonest?c1550 calumniate1554 scandalize1566 ill1577 blaze1579 traduce1581 misspeak1582 blot1583 abuse1592 wronga1596 infamonize1598 vilify1598 injure?a1600 forspeak1601 libel1602 infamize1605 belibel1606 calumnize1606 besquirt1611 colly1615 scandala1616 bedirt1622 soil1641 disfigurea1643 sycophant1642 spatter1645 sugillate1647 bespattera1652 bedung1655 asperse1656 mischieve1656 opprobriatea1657 reflect1661 dehonestate1663 carbonify1792 defamate1810 mouth1810 foul-mouth1822 lynch1836 rot1890 calumny1895 ding1903 bad-talk1938 norate1938 bad-mouth1941 monster1967 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 232 Þow hast famede me foule by-fore þe kynge here. ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 392 Yf it may be founde in thee, That thou them fame for enmyte. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 21 False and fekyll was that wyght, That lady for to fame. †5. to fame it: to become famous.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] shinec900 to get (also make) oneself a nameOE blazea1387 flourisha1387 resound1562 to fame ita1625 to make a noise in the world1662 to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1691 to set the Thames on fire1720 star1815 lionize1834 to make a name for oneself1997 a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq3 ^v/1 Do you call this fame? I have fam'd it; I have got immortall fame, but I'le no more on't. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † famev.² Etymology: < Latin fames hunger. Compare Old French afamer. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To famish, starve. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2979 Steuen wille vs traueile & famen vs to dede. Derivatives ˈfamyt adj. ΚΠ a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 105 Thyn ffamyt folke with thi ffode to fede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹?c1225n.²c1515v.¹1303v.²?a1400
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