infame

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/ɪnˈfeɪm/

verb

To defame; to make infamous.

OriginLatin īnfāmāre →
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Meanings

verbinfame (third-person singular simple present infames, present participle infaming, simple past and past participle infamed)

present singular third person infames · participle present infaming · participle past infamed · past infamed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo defame; to make infamous.

    sapience, hitherto obscured, infamed

    1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
    1 more example

    Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband.

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Empire”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinīnfāmāre
  2. Englishinfame

From Latin īnfāmāre, from īnfāmis (“infamous”): compare French infamer, Italian infamare. See infamous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

enfame (one pronunciation)

Anagrams

faminefeminaimafen
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APA

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MLA

“infame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infame.

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