subcelebrity
subcelebrity noun: the state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.
Noun
subcelebrity (countable and uncountable, plural subcelebrities)
- The state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.
- Himself almost unknown, Gay yet held a curious subcelebrity with not a few men who had won distinction in widely diverging lines.1908 August, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, “The Torch”, in Out West
- A person who is somewhat known but not famous enough to be considered a true celebrity.
- So Angela was relegated to the netherworld of D.C. subcelebrities — not quite interesting enough to be famous but just famous enough to be interesting.1912, Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter, St. Martin's Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 62
Forms of subcelebrity
| plural | subcelebrities |
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Origin of subcelebrity
From sub- + celebrity.
Questions about subcelebrity
- What does subcelebrity mean?
- Subcelebrity means the state or quality of being somewhat known but not enough to be considered truly famous.
- What part of speech is subcelebrity?
- Subcelebrity is a noun.
- What is the plural of subcelebrity?
- The plural of subcelebrity is subcelebrities.
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