1. Not famous; unrenowned.
c. 1384. Chaucer, H. Fame, III. 56. Of the lettres oon or two Was molte away of euery name, So vnfamouse was wox hir fame.
a. 1560. Phaër, Æneid, X. D d 2 b. Let him dwell there, Vnfamous, free from wars, and honourlesse lead out his age.
2. Infamous, ill-famed.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 357. Bi þes two unfamous lawes mai men wite whiche ben oþir.
c. 1489. Caxton, Blanchardyn, xlviii. 186. Olde vnfamouse myschaunt, how arte thou soo folyshe … as for to wene to haue her.
1530. Palsgr., 328/1. Unfamouse, yvell named, infame.
1596. D. Black, in Calderwood, Hist. Kirk Scot. (1678), 337. To comepear and answer for certain unreverent, unfamous and undecent speeches.
