notorious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: notorious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for notorious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notorious adj known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; Synonym(s): ill-famed, infamous, notorious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notorious \Noto"rious\, 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.