Fame (comedy)
WordNet
noun
(1) The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
(2) Favorable public reputation
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From fama ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’, from φήμη (phḗmē) ‘talk’, from Proto-Indo-European *bheH₂-mā-, from *bheH₂- ‘to speak’.
Noun
- What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- 1667, There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 651-4
- The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.