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infamie

infamie is the obsolete form of infamy.

Meaning of infamy

Noun

infamy (countable and uncountable, plural infamies)

  1. The state of being infamous.
    • December 7, 1941; November 22, 1963; and September 11, 2001. The three dates which will live in infamy.
  2. A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
    • All for a pig of a man who should have gone to the chair. It is an infamy that he did not.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 251
  3. A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.

Forms of infamie

pluralinfamies

Questions about infamie

What is infamie the obsolete form of?
Infamie is the obsolete form of infamy.

Words near infamie in the dictionary

  1. infalls
  2. infalsificable
  3. infame
  4. infamed
  5. infames
  6. infamie
  7. infamies
  8. infaming
  9. infamise
  10. infamised
  11. infamises

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