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feted

[ fey-tid, fet-id ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

celebrated, lauded, or acclaimed:
The album spawned a huge hit single, and has since become one of the most feted albums ever.
entertained or honored with a fete, or festive celebration:
He could drink hard, but without his friend to lead him home the feted hero would have spent his night on a park bench.

Origin of feted¹

First recorded in 1820–30; fete + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; fete + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

He was fêted in Israel and by right-leaning American Jews—and missed a golden opportunity for Israel.

Later on the commander of a German man-of-war and his staff were received and fêted by the Captain-General.

And so one can imagine how I was fêted when I came, and of all none was so pleased as the old 'bon papa,' my father's father.

He became the fashion; and was fêted in society and discussed in the papers.

He was fêted and courted everywhere, and his extravagances set the fashions for years.

Hannah More was certainly, as Mrs. Walford says, ‘the fêted and caressed idol of society.’

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