Fameuse

American  

[fuh-myooz] / fəˈmyuz /

noun

1. an American variety of red apple that ripens in early winter.

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Etymology

Origin of Fameuse

1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous

Example Sentences

Vermonters call it "oldfashioned" because it has so many varieties�high-flavored Spitzenburg, hardy Wealthies, late-ripening Fameuse, good-cooking Greenings, fine-for-cider Russets, as well as English Pippins and an Australian species.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although the Abb� de Richelieu had, as we have mentioned, departed for Hungary, the Fameuse Com�dienne retains him on the stage and makes him play a particularly odious r�le.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

Placards, rich in indicative illustrations of hands all forefingers, point, with a directness never vouchsafed the sinner eager to find the way to right and duty, to the inn of "L'Incomparable, la Fameuse Omelette!"

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

Moreover, apart from the statement in the Fameuse Com�dienne, there is no reason to believe that the old antipathy between Armande and Baron ever ceased to exist, far less that they became lovers.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

Quite a number of writers, including several who are inclined to place but little confidence in the rest of the Fameuse Com�dienne, pronounce unhesitatingly for the genuineness of the above conversation.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel