INFAMOUS


Meaning of INFAMOUS in English

adj. 1 notoriously bad; having a bad reputation. 2 abominable. 3 (in ancient law) deprived of all or some rights of a citizen on account of serious crime. infamously adv. infamy n. (pl. -ies).

[ ME f. med.L infamosus f. L infamis (as IN-(1), FAME) ]

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