renown

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(rĭ-noun') pronunciation
n.
  1. The quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; fame.
  2. Obsolete. Report; rumor.

[Middle English renoun, from Anglo-Norman, from renomer, to make famous : re-, repeatedly (from Latin; see re-) + nomer, to name (from Latin nōmināre , from nōmen, nōmin-, name).]



n

Definition: fame
Antonyms: anonymity, obscurity, unimportance

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.

    I touched the harp in every key,
        But found no heeding ear;
    And then Ithuriel touched me
        With a revealing spear.
    
    Not all my genius, great as 'tis,
        Could urge me out of night.
    I felt the faint appulse of his,
        And leapt into the light!
                                                        W.J. Candleton


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Allegory of Renown, Nancy

Renown is fame. The word may also refer to:


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Common misspelling(s) of renown

  • reknown

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ry, berømmelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
faam, beroemdheid bezorgen

Français (French)
n. - renommée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Renommee, Ansehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φήμη, περιωπή, (μτφ.) όνομα

Italiano (Italian)
fama

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reputação (f)

Русский (Russian)
известность, популярность

Español (Spanish)
n. - fama, renombre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rykte, berömmelse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
名声, 声望

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 名聲, 聲望

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 명성, 유명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 名声, 有名

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شهرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוניטין, שם טוב, פרסום‬


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