notoriety
noun
the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known.
notorieties
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pluralof notoriety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Others were drawn thither for the sake of Johnson's conversation, and thus it became a resort of many of the notorieties of the day.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Washington Irving
Obviously they spent their lives in meeting notorieties on inbound steamers, and made naught of it.
From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett
Notabilities as long as the Spanish money lasted—then notorieties.
From The Tragic Bride by Francis Brett Young
The notabilities and even the simple notorieties of the day brought each other freely to that temple of an old woman’s not ignoble curiosity.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
