notorious

[ noh-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-, nuh- ]

/ noʊˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-, nə- /

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adjective

widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler.

publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.

Words nearby notorious

noto-, notochord, notogaea, notogaean, notoriety, notorious, notornis, nototherium, notoungulate, notour, notour bankrupt

Origin of notorious

1540–50; < Medieval Latin nōtōrius evident, equivalent to nō(scere) to get to know (see notify) + -tōrius -tory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM notorious

no·to·ri·ous·ly, adverbno·to·ri·ous·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH notorious

famous infamous notorious

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Examples from the Web for notoriously

But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
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Millennials—rich or otherwise—have been notoriously uninterested in politics.
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Since then various reports have trickled out about women in the notoriously sealed group.
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Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
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The organizers certainly appeared worried about plunging into the notoriously fierce world of London fashion and media.
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During this period, Granther Baldwin employed a carpenter who was notoriously addicted to this vice.
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I learned afterwards that Mrs. Sanderson was notoriously fond of young widows.
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We show that it directly confutes his theory; and it forthwith becomes "notoriously and grossly defective."
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The Finns, for example, are a notoriously chunky race and attain their full height at an early age.
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Of all the passions, however, avarice is notoriously that which the latest loosens its hold on the human heart.
Miles Wallingford|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for notoriously

notorious

/ (nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs) /

adjective

well-known for some bad or unfavourable quality, deed, etc; infamous

rare generally known or widely acknowledged

Derived forms of notorious

notoriety (ˌnəʊtəˈraɪɪtɪ) or notoriousness, nounnotoriously, adverb

Word Origin for notorious

C16: from Medieval Latin notōrius well-known, from nōtus known, from noscere to know

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