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Ill-famed   /ɪl-feɪmd/   Listen
Ill-famed

adjective
1.
Known widely and usually unfavorably.  Synonyms: infamous, notorious.  "The tenderloin district was notorious for vice" , "The infamous Benedict Arnold"






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"Ill-famed" Quotes from Famous Books



... name, ill-famed: a Latinism. The word now implies disgrace or guilt. It is here accented on ...
— Milton's Comus • John Milton

... works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc., nor do I see the motive of it. As far as the musical is concerned, I consider it impossible to give such an exceedingly rich programme on one evening without stupifying the public; that would go beyond the ill-famed London concerts which last six hours, not to speak of the fact that we should have to put the recognised classics far too much in the shade!—But, above all, such an over-loaded programme is thoroughly unsuitable ...
— Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End" • Franz Liszt; letters collected by La Mara and translated



Words linked to "Ill-famed" :   disreputable, infamous, notorious



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