infame

See also infâme

English

Etymology

Latin infamare, from īnfāmis (“infamous”): compare French infamer, Italian infamare. See infamous.

Verb

infame (third-person singular simple present infames, present participle infaming, simple past and past participle infamed)

1. (obsolete) To defame; to make infamous.

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   • Francis Bacon

     Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective

infame m, f (masculine and feminine plural infames)

1. infamous

Derived terms

• infamement

Related terms

• infàmia

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective

infame m and f (plural infames)

1. infamous

Related terms

• infamia

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective

infame m and f (m and f plural infami)

1. infamous
2. vile
3. awful, dreadful

Related terms

• infamia

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Latin

Adjective

īnfāme

1. nominative neuter singular of īnfāmis
2. accusative neuter singular of īnfāmis
3. vocative neuter singular of īnfāmis

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective

infame m and f (plural infames; comparable)

1. infamous

Derived terms

• infamemente

Related terms

• infâmia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective

infame m and f (plural infames)

1. awful, dreadful
2. infamous, vile, wicked

Derived terms

• infamemente

Related terms

• infamia