Other forms: infamies
Infamy is fame of the worst possible kind. A day of infamy, live in infamy, the infamy of the act.
The most famous use is Roosevelt calling the attack on Pearl Harbor a date which will live in infamy. In Roman law infamia was a formal status that stripped a citizen of the right to give evidence or hold office.
1nouninfamyFame of the worst possible kind.
“The prison gained infamy for the cruel treatment of its inmates.”
infamy is a fame.
Latin infamia is in-, not, plus fama, fame or reputation.
Latin
īnfāmia — infamy
Old French
infamie
Middle English
infamie
English, today
infamy
Built from
From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”). Displaced native unhlīsa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA