- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
- (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
- (a.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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