IN'FAMOUS, a. L. infamis infamo, to defame in and fama, fame.
1. Of 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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