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noun, plural in·fa·mies for 3.
- extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act: a time that will live in infamy.
- infamous character or conduct.
- an infamous act or circumstance.
- Law. loss of rights, incurred by conviction of an infamous offense.
noun plural -mies
- the state or condition of being infamous
- an infamous act or event
early 15c., from Old French infamie (14c.), earlier infame, and directly from Latin infamia “ill fame, bad repute, dishonor, from infamis “of ill fame,” from in- “not, without” + fama “reputation” (see fame (n.)).