FAME - 19 definitions found
fame n 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium] 2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy] fame fema fame c.1290, "celebrity, renown," from O.Fr. fame, from L. fama "talk, rumor, report, reputation," from PIE base *bha- "to speak, tell, say" (cf. Skt. bhanati "speaks;" Arm. bay "word, term;" O.C.S. bajati "to talk, tell;" O.E. boian "to boast," ben "prayer, request;" Gk. pheme "talk," phanai "to speak"). The goddess Fama was the personification of rumor in Roman mythology. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) fame I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fama report, fame; akin to Latin fari to speak — more at ban Date: 13th century 1. a. public estimation ; reputation b. popular acclaim ; renown 2. archaic rumor II. transitive verb (famed; faming) Date: 14th century 1. archaic report, repute 2. to make famous Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary fame If you achieve fame, you become very well-known. The film earned him international fame. ...her rise to fame and fortune as a dramatist. claim to fame: see claim N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary fame feɪm n. 1 renown; the state of being famous. 2 reputation. 3 archaic public report; rumour. øhouse of ill fame archaic a brothel. ill fame disrepute. [ME f. OF f. L fama] FAME Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemned; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp. Night Thoughts, Night VII. DR. E. YOUNG. And what is Fame? the meanest have their day, The greatest can but blaze, and pass away. First Book of Horace, Epistle VI. A. POPE. What's Fame? A fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. Essay on Man, Epistle IV. A. POPE. What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapor: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. Don Juan, Canto I. LORD BYRON. Her house is all of Echo made Where never dies the sound; And as her brows the clouds invade, Her feet do strike the ground. Fame. B. JONSON. What shall I do to be forever known, And make the age to come my own? The Motto. A. COWLEY. The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-famed sculptor, and the laurelled bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain. The Grave. R. BLAIR. By Jove! I am not covetous for gold; * * * * * But, if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. King Henry V., Act iv. Sc. 3 SHAKESPEARE. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,-- That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, * * * * * And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted. Troilus and Cressida, Act iii. Sc. 3 SHAKESPEARE. Thrice happy he whose name has been well spelt In the despatch: I knew a man whose loss Was printed Grove, although his name was Grose. Don Juan, Canto VIII. LORD BYRON. Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call: She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. * * * * * Unblemished let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none! The Temple of Fame. A. POPE. It deserves with characters of brass A forted residence 'gainst the tooth of time And razure of oblivion. Measure for Measure, Act v. Sc. 1 SHAKESPEARE. Your name is great In mouths of wisest censure. Othello, Act ii. Sc. 3 SHAKESPEARE. Know ye not then, said Satan, filled with scorn,-- Know ye not me? * * * * * Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. Paradise Lost, Bk. IV. MILTON. The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that raised it. Shakespeare's King Richard III. (Altered), Act iii. Sc. 1. C. CIBBER. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Checked by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown! The Minstrel, Bk. I. J. BEATTIE. Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) FAME FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe) Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary FAME Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary fame Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Fame Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live register'd upon our brazen tombs. SHAKESPEARE: Love's L. Lost, Act i., Sc. 1. Fame, if not double-faced, is double-mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds: On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight. MILTON: Samson Agonistes, Line 971. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, even before our death. POPE: Essay on Man, Epis. iv., Line 237. There was a morning when I longed for fame, There was a noontide when I passed it by. There is an evening when I think not shame Its substance and its being to deny. JEAN INGELOW: The Star's Monument, St. 81. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? BEATTIE: Minstrel, Bk. i., St. 1. Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting fame! POPE: Essay on Man, Epis. iv., Line 281. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fame \Fame\, n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, ????? to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.] 1. Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. --Gen. xlv. 16. 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak. Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed,; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.] 1. To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia FAME fam (shem, shema`; akoe, pheme): "Fame" has the twofold meaning, (1) of report or rumor, (2) of renown or reputation (in the Old Testament it is not always easy to distinguish the two senses). "Fame," shema`, "fame," "rumor," "reports" (Nu 14:15; Job 28:22, the Revised Version (British and American) "rumor") probably means "report"; but in 1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:1; Isa 66:19, it is most probably "renown," or "reputation"; shemu`ah (1Ki 10:7; 2Ch 9:6) may have either meaning; shoma` (Jos 6:27; 9:9; Es 9:4) seems to mean "fame" in the sense of reputation; but in Jer 6:24 (as the American Standard Revised Version) "report"; shem, "name," has the sense of reputation (1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 14:17; 22:5; Ze 3:19, the Revised Version (British and American) "name"); qol, "voice," is report (Ge 45:16, the American Standard Revised Version "report"). In the New Testament akoe, "hearing," is "report," so the Revised Version (British and American) (Mt 4:24; 14:1; Mr 1:28); pheme, "word," "rumor," is report, fame in this sense (Mt 9:26; Lu 4:14); echos, "a sound," "noise" (Lu 4:37, the Revised Version (British and American) "rumor"), and logos, "word" (Lu 5:15, the Revised Version (British and American) "report") have the same meaning; diaphemizo, "to say throughout," "to report publicly" (Mt 9:31, "they .... spread abroad his fame"), seems to imply fame in the sense of reputation. In 1 Macc 3:26, we have "fame" in the sense of reputation, "His fame (onoma, the Revised Version (British and American) "name") came near even to the king"; so 3:41, "heard the fame of them." ERV has "fame" for "report" (shema`), Jer 50:43. W. L. Walker Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms fame n. 1. Rumor, report, bruit, hearsay. 2. Reputation, repute, celebrity, glory, renown, honor, credit. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) fame feɪm n. renown, repute, reputation, celebrity, illustriousness, superiority, pre-eminence, stardom, prominence, eminence, glory, name, notoriety, acclaim: Randolph's fame has spread far and wide. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "fame": PR, acclaim, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge, consequence, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, dignity, distinction, eclat, eminence, esteem, exposure, famousness, figure, glare, glory, greatness, heroism, honor, hoopla, hue and cry, illustriousness, kudos, limelight, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, maximum dissemination, memorability, name, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity, preeminence, press notice, prestige, prominence, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition, remarkableness, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience, spotlight, stardom, sublimity, superiority, the bubble reputation, vogue, write-up |
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