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famousness|ˈfeɪməsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state of being famous. †a. The fact or state of being well-known (obs.). b. Celebrity, renown.
a.1605A. Wotton Answ. Pop. Articles 13 The perpetuall visibility, and famousnesse in the world. 1677Cary Chronol. i. i. i. vi. 16 The famousness and long continuance of the Annus æquabilis in civil use among them.
b.1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke i. 27 Not by famousnesse of name, nor portlynesse of life. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal i. 28 The future famousness of a Stage-Player. 1726–36in Bailey. 1801M. Edgeworth Belinda vii, In point of famousness, I'd sport my ‘Random’ against all the books that ever were..written. 1873Mrs. Whitney Other Girls xvi (1876) 212 She had taken in the housemaid and small-boy view of famousness. |