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famoused

famoused adjective: famed; renowned.

Adjective

famoused (comparative more famoused, superlative most famoused)

  1. (obsolete) famed; renowned
    • The painful warrior famoused for fight
      Afer a thousand victories once foil'd1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 25”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

Forms of famoused

comparativemore famoused
superlativemost famoused

Origin of famoused

From famous + -ed.

Questions about famoused

What does famoused mean?
Famoused means famed; renowned.
What part of speech is famoused?
Famoused is an adjective.

Words near famoused in the dictionary

  1. famotine
  2. famous
  3. famous for being famous
  4. famous last word
  5. famous last words
  6. famoused
  7. famouser
  8. famouses
  9. famousest
  10. famousing
  11. famousish

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