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notoriety

noun
/nəʊ.təˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/UK/noʊ.tɚ.aɪ.ə.ti/US

Etymology

Derived from Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). By surface analysis, notorious + -ety.

  1. derived from nōtōrietās
  2. derived from notoriété

Definitions

  1. An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.

    • [H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation.
    • This seems to me to be a reasonable request, and I will try to explain to you what it is that has given me this false notoriety; so please give me your attention.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for notoriety. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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