infamy

English

Etymology

From Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧fa‧my

Noun

infamy (plural infamies)

1. The state of being infamous.
2. A reputation as being evil.

   "Infamy, infamy - they've all got it in for me!" - Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo

   "A date which will live in infamy" - Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

Translations

the state of being infamous

• Catalan: infàmia (ca) f
• Dutch: berucht (nl)
• Esperanto: fifamo (eo)
• Finnish: pahamaineisuus (fi), häpeällisyys (fi)
• French: infamie (fr)
• Galician: infamia (gl) f

• Italian: infamia (it) f
• Latin: īnfāmia (la) f
• Norwegian: beryktethet (no) m
• Polish: niesława f
• Portuguese: infâmia (pt) f
• Spanish: infamia (es) f

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• Estonian: kurikuulus