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Word entry · 6 letters

infamy

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"Bad reputation"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnfəmi/Part of speech nounSorted afimnyStarts with IEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. evil fame or public reputation

Word origin

From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”). Displaced native Old English unhlīsa (literally “bad fame”).

Used in a sentence

  • Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
  • All for a pig of a man who should have gone to the chair. It is an infamy that he did not.

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