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Webster 1913 Edition
Infamous
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. Macaulay.
3.
(Law)
Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime;
as, at common law, an
. infamous
person can not be a witness4.
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.” P. Fletcher.
Infamous
hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton.
Syn. – Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infamous
IN'FAMOUS
,Adj.
1.
Of ill report, emphatically; having a reputation of the worst kind; publicly branded with odium for vice of guilt; base; scandalous; notoriously vile; used of persons; as an infamous liar; an infamous rake or gambler.2.
Odious; detestable; held in abhorrence; that renders a person infamous rake or gambler.3.
Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime. An infamous person cannot be a witness.