| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fa·mous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n f -ms |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. Punishable by severe measures, such as death, long imprisonment, or loss of civil rights. b. Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries such a punishment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English infamis, from Latin  nf mis : in-, not; see in–1 + fma, renown, fame; see bh-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | infa·mous·ly —ADVERB
infa·mous·ness —NOUN
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