famesque

famesque adjective: famous for being famous.

Adjective

famesque (comparative more famesque, superlative most famesque)

(rare) famous for being famous.
- Sienna Miller is not famous. She is famesque.2009 August 10, Amy Argetsinger, “They Must Be Stars Because They Get So Much Press, but What Is It They Do Again?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
- SERIES PREMIERE, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, 10 p.m., E! Speaking of famesque, Kim Kardashian’s sisters — the short one and the sasquatch — get their own show.2009 August 16, “Things to Watch”, in St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., page 2B, column 6

The words themselves, rather than anything or anyone they might designate, have become—to employ a recent coinage—famesque.2012, Marjorie Garber, “Dig It: Looking for Fame in All the Wrong Places”, in Loaded Words, New York, N.Y.: Fordham University Press, page...
We know that’s hard to imagine because it seems everyone wants to be famous these days and strives to be at least famesque, if not famous for actually doing something.2020, C. H. Mitford, “The High Price of Fame”, in Cast of Riverdale (Scoop! The Unauthorized Biography; issue #3), New York, N.Y.: Grosset...

comparative	more famesque
superlative	most famesque

From fame + -esque; coined by The Washington Post writer Amy Argetsinger in 2009.

What does famesque mean?: Famesque means famous for being famous.
How do you use famesque in a sentence?: The words themselves, rather than anything or anyone they might designate, have become—to employ a recent coinage—famesque.
What part of speech is famesque?: Famesque is an adjective.

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