ultrafamous en · ADJ
Etymology
From ultra- + famous.
Meanings
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Particularly famous.
And nothing reveals that cliché’s laziness more than the misbegotten new film “Factory Girl,” with Sienna Miller as Warhol’s troubled shooting star Edie Sedgwick: ultrafamous in 1965, in celebrity eclipse soon after and dead from a drug overdose at 28.
2007 February 4, Caryn James, “For Edie Sedgwick, a Belated 16th Minute”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most ultrafamous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more ultrafamous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |