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re⋅nown

  [ri-noun]
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–noun
1. widespread and high repute; fame.
2. Obsolete. report or rumor.
Origin:
1300–50; ME renoun < AF; OF renom, deriv. of renomer to make famous < L re- re- + nōmināre to name

Related forms:
re⋅nown⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. celebrity, glory, distinction, note, eminence.
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re·nown   (rĭ-noun')   
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; see n-men- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

renown 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. renoun, O.Fr. renon, from renomer "make famous," from re- "repeatedly" + nomer "to name," from L. nominare "to name." The M.E. verb renown has been assimilated to the noun via renowned "famous, celebrated" (c.1375).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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