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infamous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infamous \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf L. infamis. See {Infamy}.] 1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer. False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. --Spenser. 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as an infamous act infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. 4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence unlucky; perilous; dangerous. ``Infamous woods.'' --P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made --Dryden. Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infamous adj : having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" [syn: {ill-famed}, {notorious}]
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