# famous

Pronunciation: say "FAY-muhs" /ˈfeɪ.məs/

## Adjective

1. Known about by very many people, often because of an achievement or some notable quality.
   - Simple: Known by a lot of people.
   - _The author grew famous for her novels set in small coastal towns._
   - _Few inventions made their creators as famous as the telephone did._

## Verb

2. To make widely known; to bring renown to a person, place, or deed. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make someone or something known to many people.

## Origin

Latin fāmōsus came into English through Anglo-Norman famous and Middle English famous; it amounts to fame plus the suffix -ous, and it replaced the native Old English word hlīsful.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/famous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).