Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being notorious; the state of being open or known; notoriety.
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- noun
notoriety ,infamy
Etymologies
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notorious + -ness
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Examples
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And I could see piling up for Mr. Vaucross as much notoriousness as Archbishop
Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886
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