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microfame

microfame noun: small-scale fame.

Noun

microfame (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Small-scale fame.
    • But if the band’s three sold-out shows this week at the Bowery Ballroom are any indication, it is still basking in the microfame bestowed over the last year by zealous bloggers.2007 April 6, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Origin of microfame

From micro- + fame.

Questions about microfame

What does microfame mean?
Microfame means small-scale fame.
What part of speech is microfame?
Microfame is a noun.

Words near microfame in the dictionary

  1. microfacsimiles
  2. microfadeometer
  3. microfadeometers
  4. microfailure
  5. microfailures
  6. microfame
  7. microfamous
  8. microfarad
  9. microfarads
  10. microfarm
  11. microfarmer

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