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infamous(dictionary)
infamous(dictionary)

infamous (iou)



infamous adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin infamosus for Latin infamis: see INFAMY, -OUS.]
Of ill fame or repute; notorious, esp. for wickedness, evil, etc. LME.
C. Thirlwall He appears to have been more infamous for sacrilege than for bloodshed. C. Francis The vessels packed with Irish emigrants were infamous for overcrowding, disease and frequency of shipwrecks.
Deserving of infamy, shamefully wicked or vile; abominable. L15.
H. Maundrell Detest the very ground on which was acted such an infamous Treachery.
Law (now Hist.). (Of a person) deprived of all or certain citizen's rights as a consequence of conviction for a serious crime such as forgery, perjury, etc.; (of a crime or punishment) involving or entailing such loss of rights. M16.
Special collocations: infamous crime spec. (Law, now Hist.) buggery.
infamously adverb E17.
infamousness noun (rare) M17.