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In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously. Milton.

To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.] Milton. Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon.

To make infamous; to defame. [R.] Coleridge.

gainst tyranny. The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. Sir W. Draper.

hich is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel. [Slang, U. S.]

e snug junketings and public gormandizings for which the ancient magistrates were equally famous with their modern successors. W. Irving. The apostle would have no reveling or junketing upon the altar. South.

y; dexterity. The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. B. Jonson. The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. Swift.

A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.

ely; a style of type. Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. Evelyn.

A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. De Foe.

ssatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also malecontent.] The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.

Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte.

Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. Addison.

children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.

Infamous; dastardly. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

cular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it.

Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.

The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.

Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.