: known widely and well : famous

Examples of famed in a Sentence

a bowl of the restaurant's famed chili San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge.
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Douglass, the famed abolitionist and formerly enslaved man from Maryland, found refuge in New Bedford, a whaling town with a strong antislavery tradition. Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025 The luxury footwear brand has partnered with one of the jewels in Rocco Forte Hotels’ crown, the famed Hotel de Russie in Rome, to develop the first Aquazzura Bar. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025 The latest New York news Image Online rage invades a famed retreat: The Chautauqua Institution, a 151-year-old intellectual center in upstate New York, has been rocked by online accusations of antisemitism and liberal bias, as well as dismay over cuts to its opera budget. James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 The Castle is in part an homage to Hoyne’s County Kilkenny, home of its fantastic and famed eponymous castle, about 600 years old, as well as other, smaller ones, like Grannagh Castle, which sat just a couple of fields away from Hoyne’s childhood home. Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for famed

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of famed was circa 1533

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“Famed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famed. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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