infamous
- Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
- Causing infamy; disgraceful.
- (UK, historical) 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).
- (archaic) Punishable by death or imprisonment.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪnfəməs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.
Related words
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