- Infamous
- Infamous In"fa*mous, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See {Infamy}.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
