单词 | fame |
释义 | famen.1 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. 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. 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. 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. E2v The learned Faustus, fame of Wittenberge. 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. CompoundsGeneral attributive. C1. Objective. a. fame-catcher n. ΚΠ 1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Introd. sig. Bv 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 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 ye presone to bere meet to ye..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 Now rare. 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. 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. 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 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). < |
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