Famesque
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Famesque is an adjective meaning (rare) famous for being famous.
Meaning
(rare) famous for being famous.
Example Sentences
Sienna Miller is not famous. She is famesque.
SERIES PREMIERE, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, 10 p.m., E! Speaking of famesque, Kim Kardashian’s sisters — the short one and the sasquatch — get their own show.
We know that’s hard to imagine because it seems everyone wants to be famous these days and strives to be at least famesque, if not famous for actually doing something.
When Fame is the title of a musical, Notorious the stage name of a rapper, and Celebrity the name of a cruise line (or a hair salon) we have moved into territory where these terms of approbation and rebuke have become brands. The words themselves, rather than anything or anyone they might designate, have become—to employ a recent coinage—famesque.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fame-ish, famed, celebrious, ultrafamous, uber-famous, big-name.
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