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单词 infamy
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infamyn.

Brit. /ˈɪnfəmi/, U.S. /ˈɪnfəmi/
Etymology: < French infamie (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), which took the place of earlier Old French infame , < Latin infāmia , < infāmis infame adj.
1.
a. Evil fame or reputation; scandalous repute; public reproach, shame, or disgrace.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun]
famec1325
infame1413
infamy1473
escry1484
enfame1532
famosity1535
notoriousness1607
infamousness1675
stigmaticalness1727
1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 69/2 Nowe there remayneth no colour or matere of argument to the hurt or infamye of the same right and title.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvi. 93 Thou hast dyuerted my honour in-to dishonest infamye.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Ejv She should incurre most vyle infamie.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 160 He not onely saw Christ in glory betweene Moses and Elias..But he saw him also in Infamy betweene two theeves.
a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) ii. 87 The young baron de Harmont, involved himself in ruin and infamy, by surrendering it [sc. Grave].
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 301 Two caitiffs..whose names are handed down to infamy.
b. with an and plural. An instance of this: in quot. 1611 transferred an object of public reproach.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > instance of
infamy1526
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > object of
infamy1526
note1563
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base conduct > [noun] > instance
infamy1526
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MM To suffre all..aduersite: As..persecucions, temptacions, and infamyes or shames.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xi. 21 Now was the time to blot out the infamies of their former conspiracies.
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxxvi. 3 Ye are taken vp in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people. View more context for this quotation
2. The quality or character of being infamous or of shameful vileness; (with plural) an infamous or utterly disgraceful act.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [noun]
shendfulness?c1225
vilety?c1225
vilehead1340
wretchedness1389
caitifness1393
caitifhedea1400
caitiftya1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
vilitya1425
vileness1526
lousiness1530
infamya1535
baseness1548
vildness1597
shabbiness1711
piggery1854
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > quality or character of being infamous
infamya1535
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > infamous act
infamy1819
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 65/2 With which infami he wold not haue his honoure stayned for anye crowne.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 154 As if it were an Infamy To live, when he was doom'd to die.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. x. 256 The infamy of the peace was more deeply and more sensibly felt.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 60 Thro' infamies unheard of among men.
1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. 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 adj. 3 (Cf. infamity n.)
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society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [noun] > loss as consequence of conviction
infamity1493
infamy1609
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. xiv [Perjured jurors] sall tyne the benefite of the law, and of the land, and sall incurre the paine of infamie.
1702 Levinz'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.
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