far-famed

[fahr-feymd]

adjective

1. widely known; famous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of far-famed¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

In youth I sought a far-famed flower rare,

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He caught sight of him, drinking from the far-famed spring of Corinth, Pirene; and he drew gently near.

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When the floodwaters receded, they left behind a gift: a deep layer of silt that is largely responsible for the valley’s far-famed fertility.

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Only one ocean-going craft, the far-famed Argo, made it, sailing from Aieta; but she, too, would have crashed on the big rocks if Hera had not pulled her through, for love of Ieson, her captain.

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And yet this last definition is no less informing and adequate than the far-famed formula of Matthew Arnold, which I forbear to repeat.

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