notorious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

First attested 1548, from Mediaeval Latin nōtōrius (“‘widely or fully known’”), from Latin nōtus (“‘known’”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“‘get to know’”). Negative sense appeared in seventeenth century.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: nō-tôrē-əs
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• Rhymes: -ɔːriəs

[edit] Adjective

notorious

1. Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.

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• 1920: "This is the last straw. In your infatuation for this man — a man who is notorious for his excesses, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have reflected the demi-monde rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up." — The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1999: "The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves." — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 30 (2001 Perennial edition)

[edit] Synonyms

• ill-famed
• infamous

[edit] Related terms

• notoriety
• notoriousness

[edit] Translations