Notoriety, Notorious

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• Notoriety —     Notoriety, Notorious     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Notoriety, Notorious     (Lat. Notorietas, notorium, from notus, known).     Notoriety is the quality or the state of things that are notorious; whatever is so fully or officially proved,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Notoriety — No to*ri e*ty (n[=o] t[ o]*r[imac] [ e]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. notori[ e]t[ e]. See {Notorious}.] The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• notoriety — (n.) 1590s, from M.Fr. notoriété or directly from M.L. notorietatem (nom. notorietas), from notorius well known (see NOTORIOUS (Cf. notorious)) …   Etymology dictionary

• notoriety — notorious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ famous for some bad quality or deed. DERIVATIVES notoriety noun notoriously adverb. ORIGIN Latin notorius, from notus known …   English terms dictionary

• notoriety — [nōt΄ə rī′ə tē] n. [Fr notorieté < ML notorietas < notorius] 1. the quality or state of being notorious 2. pl. notorieties Chiefly Brit. a prominent or well known person …   English World dictionary

• notorious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ famous for some bad quality or deed. DERIVATIVES notoriety noun notoriously adverb. ORIGIN Latin notorius, from notus known …   English terms dictionary

• notorious — 01. Pol Pot was one of the most [notorious] tyrants of modern history, responsible for the massacre of millions of the people of his country. 02. Washington has long been [notorious] for its high rates of violent crime. 03. The administration is… …   Grammatical examples in English

• notoriety — /noh teuh ruy i tee/, n., pl. notorieties. 1. the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known: a craze for notoriety. 2. Chiefly Brit. a notorious or celebrated person. [1585 95; < ML notorietas, equiv. to notori(us) NOTORIOUS …   Universalium

• notoriety — /noʊtəˈraɪəti/ (say nohtuh ruyuhtee) noun (plural notorieties) 1. the state or character of being notorious or widely known: a craze for notoriety. 2. a widely known or well known person. {Middle French. See notorious} …  

• notoriety — no•to•ri•e•ty [[t]ˌnoʊ təˈraɪ ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being notorious 2) brit. Chiefly Brit. a notorious person • Etymology: 1585–95; < ML nōtōrietās < nōtōri(us) notorious …   From formal English to slang