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infamy

noun
/ˈɪnfəmi/

Etymology

From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”). Displaced native Old English unhlīsa (literally “bad fame”).

  1. derived from īnfāmia
  2. derived from infamie
  3. inherited from infamie

Definitions

  1. The state of being infamous.

    • Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

  2. A reprehensible occurrence or situation.

    • All for a pig of a man who should have gone to the chair. It is an infamy that he did not.

  3. A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.

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Derived

infamize

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA