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Definition of Infamous
1. Adjective. Known widely and usually unfavorably. "The infamous Benedict Arnold"
Definition of Infamous
1. a. 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.
Definition of Infamous
1. Adjective. having a bad reputation; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad ¹
2. Adjective. causing infamy; disgraceful ¹
3. Adjective. (archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infamous
1. having a vile reputation [adj]
Medical Definition of Infamous
1. 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. "False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn." (Spenser) 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. 3. Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. 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." "Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds." (Milton) "The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made." (Dryden) Synonym: Detestable, odious, scandalous, disgraceful, base, vile, shameful, ignominious. Origin: Pref. In- not + famous: cf. L. Infamis. See Infamy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Infamous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... upon the applicant the infamous punishment of being confined at hard labor in
the in the chain gang of that county, for the term of three mouths. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"What punishments shall be considered as infamous may be affected by the changes
of public opinion from one age to another. In former tunes, being put in the ..."
3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"Revelation of his infamous Designs. —Copy and History of " the Dahlgren Papers.
... Ridiculous and infamous Behavior of the Confederate Authorities. ..."
4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"infamous CRIME. A crime which works infamy in one who has committed it. The fifth
amendment of the constitution of the United States declares that, ..."
5. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"infamous Crimes. The provision of the Fifth Amendment that no one shall be held
to trial for a criminal offence unless on a presentment or indictment of a ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... night in the gladiator's school, and from thence ^J^j to take possession of
the consulship, in the habit and with the attendance of that infamous crew. ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1850)
"against the prisoner did not come within the description of ' scandalous, infamous,
and unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman,' had ..."
8. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... till the enemy shall think proper to discontinue that infamous part of their
infamous system.1 r EXCLUSIVE of the natural character by which mankind are ..."
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