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infamies

infamies is the plural of infamy.

infamies is the plural of infamie.

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.

Questions about infamies

What is infamies the plural of?
Infamies is the plural of infamy.

Words near infamies in the dictionary

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

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