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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notorious \No*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. notorius pointing out making
known fr noscere notum, to known: cf F. notoire See
{Know}.]
Generally known and talked of by the public; universally
believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; --
usually in an unfavorable sense as a notorious thief; a
notorious crime or vice.
Your goodness, Since you provoke me shall be most
notorious. --Shak.
Syn: Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated;
noted; famous; renowned.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
notorious
adj : having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious
gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for
vice" [syn: {ill-famed}, {infamous}]
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