notorious adj : having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" [syn: ill-famed, infamous]

English

Etymology

First attested 1548, from notorius, "widely or fully known," from notus, "known," past participle of noscere, "to get to know." Negative sense appeared in seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːriəs

Adjective

notorious

1. Known widely and infamously.

Quotations

• 1920: ''"This is the last straw. In your infatuation for this man — a man who is notorious for his excesses, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have reflected the demi-monde rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up." — The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1999: "The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves." — Neil Gaiman, Stardust'', pg. 30 (2001 Perennial edition)

Synonyms

• ill-famed
• infamous

Related terms

• notoriety

Translations

Notorious may refer too:

• Notorious (1946 film), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Notorious (2008 film), directed by Sylvester Stallone
• Notorious (2009 film), directed by George Tillman, Jr.
• Notorious (TV series), a documentary series
• Notorious (novel) (2006), part of Cecily von Ziegesar's It Girl young adult series
• "Notorious" (The Best Years episode)

In music:

• Notorious (album) (1986), by Duran Duran
  • "Notorious" (song), from the album
• Notorious (Joan Jett album) (1991), by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• Notorious (Confederate Railroad album), by country band Confederate Railroad
• "Notorious", a song by Loverboy from their 1987 album Wildside
• The Notorious B.I.G., an American hip-hop artist who was murdered

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