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NOTORIOUS

\nə͡ʊtˈɔːɹɪəs], \nə‍ʊtˈɔːɹɪəs], \n_əʊ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of NOTORIOUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Publicly known: usually in a bad sense.
Notoriously.
Notoriousness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Notoriously.
Notoriousness.
Publicly known (now used in a bad sense): infamous.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Notoriously.
Notoriousness.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Notoriety.
Publicly known; infamous.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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