Meanings
adjectivesemifamous (not comparable)
alternative semi-famous
- not comparableSomewhat famous.
I was semi-famous; I had been something, but as one worthy critic remarked: past laurels fade fast.
2017, Fiona Lewis, Mistakes Were Made (Some in French), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 31 more example
I've somehow missed Frank Caliendo on YouTube, MySpace, Mad TV and Fox NFL Sunday, where his John Madden impression has made him at least semifamous.
2007 November 27, Mike Hale, “The Gangs All Here Again: W, Bill and of Course Jack”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishfamous
- Englishsemifamous
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APA
semifamous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifamous
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“semifamous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifamous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semifamous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifamous.
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