Infamous
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
King James Dictionary [2]
In'Famous, a. L. infamis infamo, to defame in and fama, fame.
1. Of report, emphatically having a reputation of the worst kind publicly branded with odium for vice of guilt base scandalous notoriously vile used of persons as an infamous liar an infamous rake or gambler. 2. Odious detestable held in abhorrence that renders a person infamous rake or gambler. 3. Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime. An infamous person cannot be a witness.
