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far-famed

[fahr-feymd]

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adjective

widely known; famous.

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Origin of far-famed

First recorded in 1615–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for far-famed

Our room swarmed with the far-famed Montenegrin fleas, and other still more ferocious natives.
Albania|E. F. Knight
It was the far-famed jalloast, the semi-evolved humming-bird of Atvatabar.
The Goddess of Atvatabar|William R. Bradshaw
One sees nothing of the far-famed beauty of Seville, on approaching it.
The Lands of the Saracen|Bayard Taylor
I left Cosenza on the third day with a letter from the archbishop for the far-famed Genovesi.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

What meant those men, Far-famed and wise, who came to see the Child?
Fires of Driftwood|Isabel Ecclestone Mackay