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Infamous means well known, but for something bad. A famous person is known, and that can be for good work or just for being in the news; an infamous person is known because people think they did harm, or because a deed was wrong. We say infamous for…, or an infamous crime, lie, or remark. Though actually, speakers sometimes stretch it, half in joke, for a bad habit everyone already knows: he is infamous for arriving late. That use is lighter than the word's old heart, which is real shame and a bad name. Careful: it does not mean “not famous.” The in- follows Latin infamis, of bad fame, not “without fame.” We say it IN-fuh-mus, with the heavy part at the start, so it does not sound like famous with in- stuck on. It is a strong word; in calm everyday talk people may just say he is known for all the wrong reasons.
From the word’s history
From Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus; surface analysis in- + famous.
來自中世紀拉丁文 īnfāmōsus，可看成 in- 加 famous。
組成From Middle English, from Medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis: in- (not) + fama (fame, what people say about you). By the look of the English pieces, in- + famous. It took the place of Old English unhlīsful.
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infamousadj/ˈɪn.fə.məs/
- 1
Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
- He was an infamous traitor.
- She is infamous for perjury.
- 2
Causing infamy; disgraceful.
- This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
- Yes, Virginia, now Santa's doin' time In a Federal prison for his infamous crime
- 3
historicalSubject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law).
- 4
archaicPunishable by death or imprisonment.
- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger […]
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