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

Nous voulons parler de cette fameuse procession qu’on vit defiler dans les rues de Paris, sous le nom de danse Macabrée ou infernale, epouvantable divertissement, auquel présidoit un squelette ceint du diadême royal, tenant un sceptre dans ses mains décharnées et assis sur un trône resplendissant d’or et de pierreries.

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It was a curious meeting, and, as Orloff said just now, "je lui devais une fameuse chandelle."

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That, however, does not prevent the Fameuse Com�dienne from making his liaison with Mlle.

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It did not appear at first, says the author of the Fameuse Com�dienne, that time had greatly modified the hostility with which Mlle.

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With Gu�rin, Armande appears to have lived very happily, and even the author of La Fameuse Com�dienne is compelled to recognise that her conduct was exemplary, though she hastens to qualify this reluctant admission by declaring that her second husband was a veritable tyrant, who brooked no opposition to his will and did not hesitate to enforce obedience by blows.

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