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infamy|ˈɪnfəmɪ|
[a. F. infamie (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), which took the place of earlier OF. infame, ad. L. infāmia, f. infāmis infame a.]
1. Evil fame or reputation; scandalous repute; public reproach, shame, or disgrace.
1473Rolls of Parlt. VI. 69/2 Nowe there remayneth no colour or matere of argument to the hurt or infamye of the same right and title. 1490Caxton Eneydos xxvi. 93 Thou hast dyuerted my honour in-to dishonest infamye. 1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 21 She should incurre most vyle infamie. a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 160 He not onely saw Christ in glory betweene Moses and Elias..But he saw him also in Infamy betweene two theeves. 1783Watson Philip III (1839) 67 The young baron de Harmont involved himself in ruin and infamy, by surrendering it[Grave]. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. v. 274 Two caitiffs..whose names are handed down to infamy.
b. with an and pl. An instance of this: in quot. 1611 transf. an object of public reproach.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 114 To suffre all..aduersite: As..persecucyons, temptacyons, & infamyes or shames. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. i. xi. (1622) 21 Now was the time to blot out the infamies of their former conspiracies. 1611Bible Ezek. xxxvi. 3 Ye are taken vp in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people.
2. The quality or character of being infamous or of shameful vileness; (with pl.) an infamous or utterly disgraceful act.
1513More Rich. III Wks. 65/2 With which infami he wold not haue his honoure stayned for anye crowne. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 154 As if it were an Infamy To live, when he was doom'd to die. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. x. (1869) I. 196 The infamy of the peace was more deeply and more sensibly felt. 1819Shelley Cenci iv. i. 81 Thro' infamies unheard of among men. 1859Wraxall tr. R. Houdin v. 53 For the honour of my family let not this proof of my infamy be found here.
3. Law. The loss of all or certain of the rights of a citizen, consequent on conviction of certain crimes: see infamous 3. (Cf. infamity.)
1609Skene Reg. Maj. i. xiv, [Perjured jurors] sall tyne the benefite of the law, and of the land, and sall incurre the paine of infamie. 1702Levinz's Reports III. 426 It is said, That Pillery although it infers Infamy by the Common Law, yet by the Canon and Civil Law..does not import Infamy except the cause for which it is inflicted be infamous. |