Definition of notorious
: generally known and talked of
iron is a notorious conductor of heat— Lewis Mumford
especially
: widely and unfavorably known
a notorious gangster an area notorious for soot, smog, and dust — Pliotron
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The first known use of notorious was in 1534
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