herostratic fame
Fame won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeedFame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed.
herostratischer Ruhm
геростра́това сла́ваgerostrátova sláva, ла́вры Геростра́таlávry Gerostráta
Translations
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Origin
Herostratic is derived from Herostratus (learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from AnHerostratic is derived from Herostratus (learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns)). Herostratus (died c. 356 B.C.E.) was a Greek arsonist who sought fame by destroying the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (now in Izmir Province, Turkey), according to tradition by setting fire to it on 21 July 356 B.C.E., the birth date of Alexander the Great.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable