infamy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of extreme dishonor
    opprobrium.
    • a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
    • the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
  2. noun evil fame or public reputation

WordNet

In"fa*my noun
Etymology
L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.
Wordforms
plural Infamies
Definitions
  1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
    The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet.
  2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
  3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
    Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . Roosevelt

Webster 1913