reputationn.
/ˌrɛpjᵿˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. The condition, quality, or fact of being highly regarded or esteemed; credit, fame, distinction; respectability, good report.Recorded earliest in of reputation at Phrases 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun]
hereworda1100
famec1290
lose1297
renownc1330
namecouthhead1340
noblessec1350
namec1384
reputationc1390
emprisea1393
renomeea1393
celebrity?c1400
enpressc1400
notec1400
renowneec1430
flavourc1449
honestnessa1450
bruita1470
renome?1473
famosity1535
famousness1548
renownedness1596
celebration1631
rumour1638
notedness1661
noise1670
distinction1699
eminence1702
éclat1742
baya1764
kudos1831
lionhood1833
lionism1835
lionship1837
lionization1841
stardom1865
spotlight1875
réclame1883
stellardom1883
the big cheesea1910
big time1910
star billing1910
starring1913
megastardom1981
c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 1017 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 79 (MED) Rihtwys men in þis liuyng Schul not beo of reputacioun, But raþur euer beo put adoun.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 261 (MED) The wrecchid boond of synne..is knyt wiþ þe chayne of pryde and wiþ her owne propre reputacioun.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fiij Shame, reproch, losse of reputacion,..maie do the as much hurt as thou felist theim.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 526 Some hunt after honour, others after riches and reputation.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 21 The living may be Tenants at will to reputation; but it is the possession of the dead.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 242 To this abuse..Logick, and the liberal Sciences..have given reputation.
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 197 Some nymphs sell reputation; others buy.
1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 520 Thus reputation is a spur to wit.
1824 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Mar. (1981) XI. 127 My idea would be..to provide for her as to enable her to live with reputation either singly or in marriage.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 3 If he had any reputation for knowledge, or showed any skill in handicraft.
1909 15th Ann. Rep. Pennsylvania Dept. Agric. 405 And one discouraging feature on the part of a small beginner is, the public is likely to regard him with distrust, because of his lack of reputation.
1987 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Apr. 29/1 For many of us, reputation is our most valuable, if least ‘priceable’, asset.
2004 Jrnl. Law & Relig. 20 29 There is yet a Balm in Gilead—a faith that loss of reputation, property and even life will not have the last word.
b. The honour, credit, good name, or fame of a particular person or thing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > one's reputation
manhooda1425
reputationc1550
repper1910
fanny1936
ass1948
butt1964
arse1970
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 107 The dissymilatione of..brutus conquest til hym mair reputatione and gloir nor [etc.].
1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. Ajv To recouer theyr honour and reputacion diminished by the same.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 148 The yong man..to save the reputation of the Virgin, confessed, that he came to rob the house.
1674 Govt. Tongue 40 This Vice..seems to have maintained not only it's Empire, but it's reputation too.
1739 W. Dunkin Let. 25 Apr. in J. Swift Corr. (1965) V. 149 His gracious endeavours to raise my reputation and fortune.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. iii. 25 You feel, as you ought to do, for the reputation of your friend.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 207 He will not make a bold and resolute attempt to recover his reputation, because that would imply that it was capable of being soiled or injured.
1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 132 The young artist who under the name of ‘Phiz’ has so much aided Mr. Dickens's reputation.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) II. i. 31 The reputation of the state was the first consideration.
1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Nov. 73/1 It will be a knock to his reputation.
1969 Listener 8 May 637/1 No précieux writer, with a care for his reputation, could have dared to write it.
1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) vii. 55 My reputation precedes me, then... But never mind—it's always a pleasure to be visited by the boys in blue.
2. The general opinion or estimate of a person's character or other qualities; the relative esteem in which a person or thing is held. In phrases indicating the type of esteem:
a. of no, great, small, etc., reputation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adjective] > having type of reputation
of no, great, small, etc., reputationa1398
of small, great, etc., regardc1440
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxviii. 796 Tofore Cyrus tyme þey [sc. Persians] were acounted vnworþi and..of no reputacioun [L. nullius momenti].
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 95 Another hadde she A man of litel reputacion, Nat worth to Phebus in comparison.
c1447 Queen Margaret To King in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lxiii (MED) Pembroke halle and Clare halle..are of grete Reputacion for good and worshipful clerkis..brought forth in theym.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxvii. f. lxxxivv Oftyme suche maystres as ben of lest reputacion ben mooste necessary.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cviv The Realme of Fraunce that day susteynyd such confusyon..by people and men of no reputacion as Archers.
a1555 H. Latimer Certayn Godly Serm. (1562) f. 2 It is a woord of muche importance and great reputation.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 6 While other men, of slender reputation Put forth their Sonnes, to seeke preferment out. View more context for this quotation
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. x. 19 That trade was..but of small reputation to him that used it.
1734 J. Wesley Let. Dec. (1931) I. 177 It saith that twelve despised followers..all of whom were of no reputation, who were esteemed as the filth and offscouring of the world, did more good in it than all the tribes of Israel.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 16. ⁋5 I am now..known to be an Author and..irreversibly condemned to all the miseries of high reputation.
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. ii. 33 He was a man..of such reputation in the medical world, that [etc.].
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 427 Of some literary reputation.
1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 161 He is none other than ‘Killer’ Evans, of sinister and murderous reputation.
1947 P. G. Wodehouse Full Moon vii. 141 A raconteur of established reputation expects something better than silence when he comes to the pay-off of one of his best stories.
1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food ix. 274 The biggest thirsts belonged to the stackers of barrels, men of disreputable reputation who often had connections with bands of thieves and ruffians.
b. to be (also have, hold, †take, etc.) in (also †at) no (also great, etc.) reputation. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adverb] > having type of reputation
to be (also have, hold, take, etc.) in (also at) no (also great, etc.) reputationc1405
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 298 He heeld his glorie or his renoun At no value or reputacioun.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 31 (MED) A man schewiþ pryde..in þat he holdeþ hymsilf in moore reputacioun þan his neiȝbore.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 451 (MED) The consuetude of Britons is to have as in noo reputacion [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. telleþ..for nouȝt: L. pro nihilo habere] the promise of Ynglische men.
c1475 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 143 There was a lady that hyȝ[t] dame pride; In grete reputacion they [sc. house of nuns] her toke.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xviii. 30 Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely..: so that his name was in greate reputacion.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 264v As for the saied Cilicians, he had [them] in so vile reputacion, that [etc.].
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 81 (margin) Thir..leiders ar haldne in gret reputatione.
1642 Newes, True Newes 4 Cuckold-making is held there in great reputation.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 251 Since..Rhetorick..is publickly taught, and has always been had in great Reputation.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 55 They..fell in love with the Ladies, but especially three, who about that time were in chief Reputation.
1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §2. 31 The Ramean divisions were in no small reputation about two hundred years ago.
1832 J. Genest Some Acct. Eng. Stage X. 449 Mrs. Bellamy was then in great reputation, and without her assistance Mossop could scarcely have played a single Tragedy with any probability of success.
1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 217/2 He is left, without food or light, for three days; this is to enable him to dream, dreams being held in great reputation by these people.
1901 W. J. Long Secrets of Woods 149 Now Old Wally was held in great reputation by the Nimrods of the village, because he hunted partridges..in the good old-fashioned way of stalking with a rifle.
1954 H. M. Colvin Biogr. Dict. Eng. Architects 664 He lived in great reputation as a master builder and architect.
2008 D. Donoghue On Eloquence vii. 162 Rhetoric, that powerful instrument of error and deceit..has always been had in great reputation.
a. Opinion, supposition; (also) the opinion or view of a person about something. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun]
weenc888
doomc900
advicec1300
wonec1300
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sentence1340
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mindc1400
reputationc1400
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consent1599
vote1606
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judicaturea1631
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measure1650
sentiment1675
account1703
sensation1795
think1835
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]
nameeOE
talec1175
fame?c1225
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creancec1330
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opinionc1384
credencec1390
recorda1393
renowna1400
reputationc1400
reportc1425
regardc1440
esteema1450
noisea1470
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suffrage1667
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face1834
odour1835
rap1966
c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 255 Ȝif þei [sc. priests] seie þat þei assoyle, þei speke by reputacioun and nouȝt bi wytynge ne bi trowynge.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 58 (MED) Grettist clerkis ben not wisist men in þi reputacioun, for þat þei ben not wijsist in marchaundisyng.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 12 They..traytorously beleeued in their hartes, that the kinge..was no lenger rightfull king of this realme, in the reputacion of almightie god.
1581 N. Woodes Conflict of Conscience iv. i He stands in his reputation, he will not be reproued.
b. Account or estimation of a thing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]
weenc888
rightnessOE
steemc1330
sight1362
witc1374
emprisea1393
reputation?c1400
apprizingc1449
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countc1475
opinionc1480
estimationc1522
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reckoning1548
valuation1548
computation1558
account1583
cess1588
esteem1598
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resentiment1606
repute1610
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vote1639
supputation1643
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value1651
resentment1655
contemplation1673
critique1798
appraisement1808
appraisal1817
viewa1854
sizing up1967
chit1989
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1097 No wyȝt..nys no wrecche but whan he weneþ hym self a wrecche by reputacioun of his corage.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Uu.i They seme to take the multitude for vyle soules..of whose losse or safegarde, no reputacion is to be had.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie xi. 112 in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) You must either by reputation of most excelling worthines finish the iourny, or recreant & discomfited, confesse the vtmost of your imbecilitie.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. v. 264 Such reputation haue they of this forme, which they call a Prayer.., That [etc.].
a1631 R. Cotton in J. Howell Cottoni Posthuma (1651) 21 The dallying of the French King in conclusion of peace, and the falling off of the Duke of Brittany, having wrought his end with France by reputation of the English succour.
4. The fame, credit, or notoriety of being, doing, or possessing something. With of, for, or as.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > for or of being something
nameeOE
repute1539
reputationc1555
attribution1598
attribute1604
word1722
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > attribution of a character or quality
imposition1532
repute1539
reputationc1555
ascription1600
adscription1604
reference1612
attributinga1631
attribution1651
assignment1690
animism1866
animatism1899
c1555 Edinb. Hammermen f. 3, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reputatio(u)n(e Vnder the pane & reputatioun as brekar of gud ordour & preueleges.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 283 That Chylham Castle had aunciently the reputation of an Honour, appeereth by a Note.
?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique i. v. 14 Glory. Which is, the reputation of Vertue.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 58 That which taketh away the reputation of Wisedome.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 117. ¶4 The Knight told me,..that this very old Woman had the Reputation of a Witch all over the Country.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iii. 48 It will do no good to remove the chest, now that I have the reputation of having one.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxi. 353 He had the reputation of being able to get through his work thoroughly.
1923 ‘S. Martin’ Transformation Philip Jettan iv. 44 You have, sir, as I well know, the reputation of a libertine!
1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 39 He was certainly a remarkably handsome man. His European reputation for beauty was fully deserved.
1969 J. T. Story Dishonourable Member (1978) ii. 22 He had the reputation for being able to wangle anything.
1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 102 He was proud of his reputation as a good worker.
2004 T. C. Boyle Inner Circle 4 Laura had the reputation of being ‘fast’, though I can assure you I was never the beneficiary of her sexual largesse.
5. As a count noun: a person or thing's esteem or fame. Also: †a source of honour and credit (obsolete); a person of note or distinction.Sometimes with adjective or phrase indicating the type or level of esteem; at other times contextually understood. Also with as or for (cf. sense 4).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to)
worshipeOE
honourc1325
glorya1382
diadem1526
credit1586
plume1605
honestation1629
reputation1653
a feather in the cap, hat1699
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]
kingeOE
master-spiritc1175
douzepersc1330
sire1362
worthya1375
lantern1382
sira1400
greatc1400
noblec1400
persona1425
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magnate?a1439
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personagec1460
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honourablec1540
triedc1540
magnifico1573
ornament1573
signor1583
hero1592
grandee1604
prominent1608
name1611
magnificent1612
choice spirita1616
illustricity1637
luminary1692
lion1715
swell1786
notable1796
top-sawyer1826
star1829
celebrity1831
notability1832
notoriety1841
mighty1853
tycoon1861
reputation1870
public figure1871
star turn1885
headliner1896
front-pager1899
legend1899
celeb1907
big name1909
big-timer1917
Hall of Famer1948
megastar1969
1653 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 26 The cheerfull contribution of the Emperor..is of excellent Example..and a very great honour and reputation to his Majesty's cause.
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 162 Nothing but truth can give a true Reputation.
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 360 A third interprets Motions, looks, and Eyes; At ev'ry Word a Reputation dies.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 200 It was..no small reputation to the men, that they should generally refrain from indulging themselves.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 163 She..Laughs at the reputations she has torn.
1826 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. x. 234 A real impression has been made, and a reputation of the highest order established.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ii. 57 To achieve a great reputation for learning.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. Epil. 282 He was understood to have gone to reside at a great distance: some said ‘abroad’, that large home of ruined reputations.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. xxxi. 315 That is Baron Gozelius, one of our great reputations.
1908 C. Fitch Beau Brummel iv. i. 177 There they go—and almost any one of them might break a heart or blast a reputation.
1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 173 What a reputation for generosity the fellow has!
1979 J. Grimond Mem. i. 20 He was the ‘bad’ professor, a reputation which I doubt if he deserved.
1990 R. Clay Only Angels Forget v. 61 The villa had a reputation as a fun place—parties, endless parties.
2008 N.Y. Mag. 2 June 69 Sometimes reputations are hyped and backlashed before the audience has made it through the previews.
Phrases
P1. of reputation.† b. As regards general opinion or estimation. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of high esteem or repute. Usually following a noun.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
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of price?a1300
worshiply1340
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menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
c1390 [see sense 1a].
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5731 (MED) Þis tre..was passingly famus, Of..hyȝe pris and reputacioun.
c1459 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 106 Becaus that tyme in thai tua baronys vas few men of reputatioun bot the said lard of Meldrum.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 228/2 xxvj slane and tane bot na man of reputacoun war tane nor slane.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 661 Ish, signifieth a man of reputation.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. vii. 37 The women of reputation weare..damask or other rich silkes.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 20 But in the company of women of reputation I never saw such an ideot.
1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 58 My honest endeavours to live a life of reputation.
1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power iii. 124 This..was answered by a writer of reputation at that time.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 368 I have seen men of reputation..behaving in the strangest manner.
1914 H. A. Dickinson German Masters of Art xii. 96 The other Saxon painters of reputation in the XVI century were, apparently without exception, pupils of Lucas Cranach.
1968 A. L. Fletcher Tudor Rebellions ii. 9 Rebellion needed a gentleman of reputation and personality to have any chance of success.
2003 E. L. Kahn Marie Laurencin Pref. p. xviii She has ‘come on’ to them as an artist of reputation largely because she kept company with such major avant-garde male figures as Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire.
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a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) 11693 (MED) I haue you tolde..what they be of condicon, And how thei bene of reputacon.
P2. by reputation: by general report or opinion (esp. of a person's activities, character, etc.), without direct personal knowledge; by hearsay. Cf. by repute at repute n. Phrases.
ΚΠ
c1400 [see sense 3a].
1630 H. Hawkins tr. St. Jerome Lives St. Pavl, St. Hilarion & St. Malchvs 34 in Certaine Sel. Epist. He could no longer hide himselfe in the Easterne partes of the world, where he was knowne to so many both by reputation, and person.
1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd xii. 47 Here is a man knows you very well by reputation, sayes Hircan to him, pointing at Lysis.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. iii. 21 The Wench I believe is in Love with him by Reputation.
1820 J. F. Cooper Precaution I. xxiv. 265 ‘You know the earl then,’ inquired Mrs. Fitzgerald. ‘By reputation, only, my dear,’ said Mrs. Wilson.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. xviii. 296 You and I, Mr. Hartright, are excellently well acquainted with one another by reputation.
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 38 At Harvard I discovered my father was well known by reputation.
1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 383 The fearsome (headhunters, by reputation) Iban—whose lands stretch along the coast from Kuching to Miri.
2000 S. Brett Body on Beach (2001) xv. 123 ‘Do you know them well?’ ‘Hardly. Only by reputation, gossip, what-have-you. You hear a lot stuck behind the bar of a pub.’
P3. in reputation.† a. In general opinion or estimation. In later use applied to titles given by courtesy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adverb]
in reputationc1405
reputatively1610
by reputea1656
reputedly1655
reputationally1782
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [adverb]
in reputationc1405
at a premium1828
much (also greatly, little, etc.) to the credit of1868
up there1970
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 274 If þt a prynce vseth hasardrye..He is as by comune opynyon Yholde the lasse in reputacion.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 1108 (MED) Nembroth..in the peeplis reputacioun..hadde so gret a fame Thei callid hym god in ther opynyoun.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 176 (MED) He shall be in Reputacion [v.r. be holden] as a fool.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 332 How chances it they trauaile? their residence both in reputation, and profit was better both wayes. View more context for this quotation
1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 165 There are other Lords in reputation and appellation, who neverthelesse are not de jure.
1677 Logan in Blome's Guillim (1679) ii. 75 Ladies in Reputation.
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 9 True, Madam; there are Valetudinarians in reputation as well as constitution.
1795 E. Fenwick Secresy II. xvii. 184 I am gone, in reputation I mean, to seek the earl, the baronet, and the simple squire, but, in propria persona, returned to my chamber to tell you a story.
1841 G. Bowyer Eng. Constit. xxvi. 645 In like manner there are ladies in reputation.
b. In high repute. Now rare.
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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 1888 (MED) Darie..was nat had in reputacioun Mong Persiens so gan his honour fade.
a1500 J. Mirk's Festial 46/5 If a kyng be not in reputacion..oft tymes þere growes..moche malice.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iijv The auncient sages were holden in reputacion, bycause there were fewe teachers and many lerners.
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Div If you desire to enioye me at your will, My sister you must haue in reputation still.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura sig. b6 When they began to be in reputation.
1801 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons II. iii. vi. 92 He is represented to have..passed the remainder of his life in reputation and justice.
1900 Proc. New-Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. p. lxxxix These efforts were exhaustive, and some are held in reputation as authorities.
P4. with reputation: in high repute.
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c1460 in R. Brotanek Mittelengl. Dichtungen MS 432 Trin. Coll. Dublin (1940) 156 (MED) In englond and in Walys..He rideþ and ruleth with ryall reputacion [a1500 Lamb. Repetacion].
1741 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 543 They carried on the Publick affairs with Reputation.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. i. 307 Mr. Hastings had ascended with reputation through the several stages of the Company's service.
2004 G. von Wangenheim Games & Public Admin. vii. 243 Citizens with reputation lose more from a rejection than citizens without reputation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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