renownless
noun
1.
widespread and high repute; fame.
2.
Obsolete. report or rumor.
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| —n | |
| widespread reputation, esp of a good kind; fame | |
| [C14: from Anglo-Norman renoun, from Old French renom, from renomer to celebrate, from | |
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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" (late 14c.).
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