Ĭn'fa-mōŭs, a.
a. [Prefix in, not, and famous; Lat. infamis, from prefix in, not, and fama, fame; Fr., Pr., Sp., & It. infame.]
Sense 1. Of ill report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; rendering infamous; base; scandalous; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous liar or gambler; an infamous vice or act.
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. Spenser.
To say the truth, this fact was infamous. Shak.
The pinny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.
Sense 2. (Law.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
Synonyms—Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; shameful; ignominious.