Obs. [ad. L. fāmōs-us, f. fāma (see FAME).] = FAMOUS.
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), I. 181. In whom grete Constantine erecte ij. famose chirches.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. v. 27. Bicause such speche is famose in vce.
c. 1530. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866), 46.
| Famose poetys of antiquite | |
| In grece and troy, renowmyd of prudence, | |
| wrote of qwene helene, and penolope. |
1562. Register of St. Andrews Kirk Session (1889), I. 182. Befoyr ane curat and famos wytnes.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, xxvi. (1887), 103. The famosest knight, of the fellowship.
c. 1625. Whitelocke, Lib. Fam. (Camden), 13. A reader … that was reputed the famosest in that language about the towne.
1727–36. in Bailey.
