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fame (s) (noun) (usually there is no plural form)
1. The condition of being very well known.
2. Someone’s reputation or a situation whereby a person is known, or talked about, by many people; especially, because of notable achievements.
3. Etymology: from "celebrity, renown", which came from Old French fame, from Latin fama, "talk, rumor, report, reputation"; literally, "saying", from the stem of fari, fatus, "to speak"; related to fateri, "to confess", fabula, "narrative, account, tale, story", fas, "divine law". fabulare was the colloquial word for "speak, talk".

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