<noun.state> a date which will live in infamy the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
evil fame or public reputation
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Infamy \In"fa*my\, n.; pl. {Infamies}. [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See {Fame}.] 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, . . . --Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"I'm either going down in history or in infamy," he says.
His infamy was exacerbated by his book on the inside story of the election. Liberal Democrat MPs, most of whom will be seen far less on television during the campaign than Mr Wilson, are curiously circumspect.