| 单词 | of high renown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof high renown b. With intensifying adjective or other modifying word, as of great renown, of high renown, of world renown, etc. [Compare Anglo-Norman de bon renoun, de graunt renoun and Old French, Middle French de bon renom, de grant renom, de haut renom, de noble renom.] 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 α. β. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 A noble kynge that hyght Poeticus, of grete power, and wonder grete renoume.1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. viii. 289 Which had beene of so great estimation and renowme through all Christendome.c1600 in H. W. Meikle Wks. W. Fowler (1914) I. 380 Illion..Of moste renowme & fame.1611 J. Cartwright Preachers Trauels 39 This Countrey of Siruan in time past was of great renowme, hauing many Cities, Townes, and Castles in it.c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 20 (MED) Whilom a riche burgeis..woned her in Rome toun, A riche man of gret renoun. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 1917 (MED) Þere was an abbot of great renoun [Fr. renun], An holy man yn relygyoun. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 13774 (MED) He slow..two þousand of þe Bretouns, Wiþoute men of grete renouns [?a1400 Petyt noble men of ronons]. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 32 Yondir I se the moste valiante knyght of the worlde, and the man of moste renowne. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 40 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 100 A man of gud renone. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 106 (MED) Ther was noon but that..seide that he sholde be of high renon. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure vii. iii O sterre of famous eloquence, O gylted goddesse of hyghe renowne. 1556 R. Robinson tr. T. More Utopia (ed. 2) sig. Sviv A prince of much renowme & immortall fame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 86 He was a wight of high renowne, And thou art but of low degree. View more context for this quotation 1652 H. Crompton Glory of Women 36 For modelling brave Cities, and each Town, There's many women were of great renown. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 10 Ingratitude, a Devil of Black Renown. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 691 As if, like him of fabulous renown, They had indeed ability [etc.]. 1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why 10 A land of just and old renown. 1889 Harper's Mag. July 233/2 Alfric Grigstan, a Saxon of great renown in the reign of King Harold and of William the Conqueror. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 209/1 The Oklahoma representatives yearned to hear him because, as the creator of Andy Gump, he was ‘a newspaper cartoonist of international renown’. 1985 P. J. Wingate Before Bridge xiv. 132 Dr. Christine Ladd-Franklin..became a philosopher of world renown, universally accepted as one of the greatest color theorists of all time. < as lemmas |
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