† famoseadj.
Obsolete.
= famous adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary
wonesomec1200
wonec1275
customable1381
customeda1382
useda1382
wonta1382
wonted1408
accustomed1429
vulgarc1430
usualc1444
famosec1449
customalc1450
accustomablec1475
accustomatea1513
frequent1531
accustomary1541
customary1574
frequented1586
consuetudinary1590
ordinary1605
consuetudinal1656
habitual1689
solent1694
regulation1803
usitate1885
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace
commona1382
ordinarc1400
plainc1430
famosec1449
famous1528
vulgar1580
ordinary1590
undistinguished1600
indistinguished1608
commonplace1616
unremarkable1628
irremarkable1635
bread and cheese1643
incurious1747
ordinary-looking1798
routine1826
indistinctive1846
common-seeming1857
bread-and-butterish1893
bread-and-buttery1893
timeworn1901
day-to-day1919
vanilla1972
standard1977
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
namecundc1175
outnumenc1175
noble?c1225
ketec1275
sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
glorious13..
losedc1305
of great renownc1330
glorifieda1340
worthly or worthy in wonea1350
clearc1374
nameda1382
solemna1387
renomeda1393
famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
renowneda1400
notedc1400
of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430
celebrate?1440
namely1440
famosec1449
honourable?c1450
notedc1450
parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
preclare1503
magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
magnificent1513
preclared1530
grand1542
celebrated1549
heroicc1550
lustrantc1550
magnifical1557
illustrate1562
expectablec1565
ennobled1571
laurel1579
nominated1581
famosed1582
perspicuous1582
big1587
famed1595
uplifted1596
illustrious1598
celebrousc1600
luculent1600
celebrious1604
fameful1605
famoused1606
renownful1606
bruitful1609
eminent1611
insignious1620
clarousa1636
far-fameda1640
top1647
grandee1648
signalized1652
noscible1653
splendid1660
voiced1661
gloried1671
laurelled1683
distinguished1714
distinct1756
lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [adjective]
namecouthOE
ykida1100
kida1250
rifea1325
notory1399
notaryc1400
well-known?a1425
notified1530
well acquainteda1535
célèbre1539
notorious1555
famosea1632
public1650
legendary1832
big1954
visible1977
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 27 Bicause such speche is famose in vce.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 181 In whom grete Constantine erecte ij. famose chirches.
c1530 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 46 Famose poetys of antiquite.
1562 Register of St. Andrews Kirk Session (1889) I. 182 Befoyr ane curat and famos wytnes.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxvi. 102 The famosest knight, of the fellowship.
a1632 J. Whitelocke Liber Famelicus (1858) 13 A reader..that was reputed the famosest in that language about the towne.
1727–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† famosev.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
=famous v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
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
1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie 1 That merry Roscius..that famoȝed all Comedies so with his pleasant and extemporall inuention.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 687 The red crosse, by which Saint George the Tutelar Saint of all Englishmen is famozed.
?1650 Don Bellianis 55 Our Prince, that is no lesse famosed then he.
1845 Halliwell Fairy Mythol. p. viii Robin Goodfellow was famosed in every old wives' chronicle for his mad merry pranks.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
namecundc1175
outnumenc1175
noble?c1225
ketec1275
sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
glorious13..
losedc1305
of great renownc1330
glorifieda1340
worthly or worthy in wonea1350
clearc1374
nameda1382
solemna1387
renomeda1393
famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
renowneda1400
notedc1400
of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430
celebrate?1440
namely1440
famosec1449
honourable?c1450
notedc1450
parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
preclare1503
magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
magnificent1513
preclared1530
grand1542
celebrated1549
heroicc1550
lustrantc1550
magnifical1557
illustrate1562
expectablec1565
ennobled1571
laurel1579
nominated1581
famosed1582
perspicuous1582
big1587
famed1595
uplifted1596
illustrious1598
celebrousc1600
luculent1600
celebrious1604
fameful1605
famoused1606
renownful1606
bruitful1609
eminent1611
insignious1620
clarousa1636
far-fameda1640
top1647
grandee1648
signalized1652
noscible1653
splendid1660
voiced1661
gloried1671
laurelled1683
distinguished1714
distinct1756
lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 54 Possesseth Pyrrhus thee spouse of famosed Hector?
1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D This noble conquest made him famouzed.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 17 The Halcyon famosed For colours rare.
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