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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | notorius, from Latin notus; NOTICE2 |
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no‧to‧ri‧ous
a notorious computer hackernotorious cases of human rights abuses —notoriously adverb: Statistics can be notoriously unreliable. The program is notoriously difficult to learn.
WORD FOCUS: famous Statistics can be notoriously unreliable.The program is notoriously difficult to learn.WORD FOCUS: famous 
similar words: well-known, celebrated, renowned, eminent, noted, legendary
famous for doing something bad: notorious, infamous
not famous: little-known, unknown, obscure
a famous person: celebrity, celeb informal, star
➔ See also famous
