repute
noun /rɪˈpjuːt/
/rɪˈpjuːt/
[uncountable] (formal)- the opinion that people have of somebody/something synonym reputation
- I know him only by repute.
- of (…) repute She is a writer of international repute.
- My parents were artists of (some) repute (= having a very good reputation).
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French reputer or Latin reputare ‘think over’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + putare ‘think’.