| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·mous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f  m s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Well or widely known. See synonyms at noted. 2. First-rate; excellent: had a famous time at the party. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin fm sus, from fma, fame. See bh-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | famous·ness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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