Celebrity novel
noun
fiction written by or credited to a famous person, expected to sell on the strength of that person’s fame
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noun a famous person who has published a novel; a novelist who has become a celebrity
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a person seeking the limelight through association with celebrities. Contemporary Examples noun a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity noun a débutante who has become a celebrity, such as a famous heiress
- Celeriac
a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, of the parsley family, having a large, edible, turniplike root. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples noun a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- Celerity
swiftness; speed. Historical Examples noun rapidity; swiftness; speed n. late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas) “swiftness,” from celer “swift,” from possible PIE root *kel- “to drive, set in swift motion” (cf. Sanskrit carati “goes,” Greek keles “fast horse or ship,” keleuthos “journey, road,” Lithuanian sulys “a […]
- Celeron
processor Intel Corporation’s trade name for its family of Pentium II microprocessors meant for use in low-end computers. The Celeron is constructed on the 0.25 micron Deschutes base. Clock rates of 266, 300 and 333 MHz are supported. It is built on the same daughterboard as the Pentium II without the black plastic case and […]