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unˈfamous, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
1. Not famous; unrenowned.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 56 Of the lettres oon or two Was molte away of euery name, So vnfamouse was wox hir fame. a1560T. Phaer æneid x. D d 2 b, Let him dwell there, Vnfamous, free from wars, and honourlesse lead out his age. 1980R. Connolly Sunday Kind of Woman xxiii. 162 The former escort of a couple of unfamous film stars.
†2. Infamous, ill-famed. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 357 Bi þes two unfamous lawes mai men wite whiche ben oþir. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xlviii. 186 Olde vnfamouse myschaunt, how arte thou soo folyshe..as for to wene to haue her. 1530Palsgr. 328/1 Unfamouse, yvell named, infame. 1596D. Black in Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scot. (1678) 337 To compear and answer for certain unreverent, unfamous and undecent speeches. |