renowned, ppl. a.
(rɪˈnaʊnd)
Also 5–7 renowmed, etc.
[f. as renown v. + -ed1: cf. renomed.]
Celebrated, famous; covered with renown. a. In predicative use, or following the n. † Also with complement (quot. 1456).
| α 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 32 In fer landis renownyt wes he. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 2372 The roy ryalle renownde, with his rownde table. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 141 Sa did he his awin service..to be renouned a worthy man of armes. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xlviii. 154 Our the laif thy bewty is renownd. 1570 T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. (1853) 194 Our prayer is, that the name of God be made renowned and known to mortal men. 1652 Milton Sonn. xvi. To Cromwell, Peace hath her victories No less renownd then warr. 1776 Gibbon Decl. & F. xii. I. 335 Semno, the most renowned of their chiefs, fell alive into the hands of Probus. 1872 Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 67 He is also renowned as having well understood the system of turning in wood. |
| β 14.. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 46 Famose poetys of antiquite In grece and troy, renowmyd of prudence. a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) C iv, There haue bene many famous and renoumed by scripture and lerning. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. x. 3 An auncient house..Renowmd throughout the world for sacred lore. 1621 Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. (1639) Numbers 6 The called or, the renowmed:..such as were men of renowne for age and wisdom. |
b. In attributive use.
| α 1417 Ld. Furnyval in Ellis Orig. Let. Ser. ii. I. 55 The gracious prosperitie and noble health of your renowned person. 1508 Dunbar Ball. Ld. B. Stewart 1 Renownit, ryall, right reuerend and serene Lord. 1573 L. Lloyd Marrow of Hist. (1653) 219 The renownedst Oratours in all the world. 1630–1 Milton Arcades 29 That renowned flood, so often sung, Divine Alpheus. 1818 Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 164 The renowned wisdom of your Honourable House. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. iv. 33 The Lake of Geneva.., this renowned inland sea. |
| β 1470–85 Malory Arthur viii. iv. 278 One of the famosest and renoumed knyghtes of the world. 1544 Leland N.Y. Gift in Itin. (1768) I. p. xxiii, The old Glory of your renowmid Britaine. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Jrnl. iii. (1818) 83 Not th' Ephesian Diana Is of more renoumed fam-a. |
Hence
reˈnownedly adv.,
reˈnownedness.
| 1590 P. Barrough Meth. Physick viii. (1639) 416 To increase and preserve the worthinesse and renownednesse of their good name. 1611 Cotgr., Glorieusement,..renowmedly. 1659 Bp. Walton Consid. Considered 180 For the honour he bears to the renownedly learned publisher. |