different between hamous vs famous

English

Etymology

Latin hamus (“hook”), +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?m?s

Adjective

hamous (comparative more hamous, superlative most hamous)

1. (obsolete) Hamose.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, III:

     I am very apt to think, that the tenacity of bodies does not proceed from the hamous, or hooked particles, as the Epicureans and some modern Philosophers have imagin'd […].

Anagrams

• mohuas

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin f?m?sus. Displaced native Old English hl?sful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?m?s/
• Rhymes: -e?m?s
• UK: fam?ous; US: fa?mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous

2. In the public eye.

Derived terms

• famousest
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness

Related terms

• fame
• famous last words

Translations

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.