See Also: fame(1)(dictionary)
fame(2)(dictionary)
fame(dictionary)
fame(dictionary)
O'Fame(tourism)
ILL FAME(law)
Hall of Fame(dictionary)
Greyhound Hall of Fame - Greyhound Racing(gambling)

fame(2) (iou)



fame noun. ME.
[Old French from Latin fama report, fame.]
I.
Personal reputation, esp. good personal reputation. ME.
ill fame: see ILL adjective & adverb.
The condition of being much talked about, (esp. favourably); renown; reputation derived from great achievements. ME.
fame and fortune worldly success and riches as a goal or achievement. Hall of Fame: see HALL noun. of fame known or famous from .
M. Esslin Ionesco's flowering into a dramatist of world-wide fame.
Infamy, bad repute. ME-L16.
II.
Public report, rumour, (freq. personified); a report, a rumour. Now rare. ME.
fameful adjective (now rare) famous L16.
fameless adjective L16.