# infamous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɪnfəməs/ · frequency rank #10,382

## Definitions
1. Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.
3. Subject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law).
4. Punishable by death or imprisonment.

## Etymology
From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.

## Common misspellings (11)
`ifnamous`, `inafmous`, `infammous`, `infamosu`, `infamouss`, `infamuos`, `infaomus`, `inffamous`, `infmaous`, `innfamous`, `nifamous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/infamous