fabledadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈfeɪ.bəld/us/ˈfeɪ.bəld/literaryused to refer to something or someone who has been made very famous, especially by having many stories written about it, him, or her:
the fabled movie director Cecil B. De Mille
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Fame and famous
- A-list
- acclaim
- anyone
- anyone who is/was anyone idiom
- B-list
- high-profile
- hit the headlines idiom
- household word
- illustrious
- immortal
- immortalize
- plaque
- prominent
- proverbial
- put sth/sb on the map idiom
- renown
- reputed
- rise to fame idiom
- sb's/sth's claim to fame idiom
- steal
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