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(1):

(a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

(2):

(a.) Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

(3):

(a.) Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

(4):

(a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Infamous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/infamous.html. 1828.
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