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Infamous

//ˈɪnfəməs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

    "He was an infamous traitor."

  2. 2
    Causing infamy; disgraceful.

    "This infamous deed tarnishes all involved."

  3. 3
    Subject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law). UK, historical
  4. 4
    Punishable by death or imprisonment. archaic

    "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    known widely and usually unfavorably wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.

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