American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Infamous

IN’FAMOUS, a. [L. infamis; infamo, to defame; in and fama, fame.]

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.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Infamous," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4W24SXALRP8DHCZ.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Infamous." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4W24SXALRP8DHCZ.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Infamous' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4W24SXALRP8DHCZ.