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infamy

in·famy

UK/ˈɪnfəmi/ US/ˈɪnfʌmi/ uncommon

noun

1.

a state of extreme dishonor

  • “a date which will live in infamy” F.D.Roosevelt
  • “the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city”
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Origin

From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”). Displaced native Old English unhlīsa (literally “bad fame”).

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