Notoriety

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /nəʊ.tÉ™.ˈraɪ.É™.ti/
• US IPA: /noÊŠ.tÉš.aɪ.É™.ti/

Origin

From notorious, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius, from Latin nōtus ("known"), perfect passive participle of nōscō ("get to know").

Full definition of notoriety

Noun

1. The condition of being infamous or notorious.
• 1799, w:Charles Brockden Brown, w, He who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation.
• 1897, w, w:The Celebrity Chapter 1, I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

Synonyms

• ill fame
• infamy