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notoriously

/nəʊˈtɔːɹiəsli/noh-TAW-ree-uh-slee
/noʊˈtɔɹiəsli/noh-TAW-ree-uh-slee

Meaningin a notorious way

Common meaning: famously, for something bad

Journey through time

  1. Latinnotor‘a witness’source
  2. Latinnotorius‘well known’source
  3. Englishnotorious‘widely known, usually for something bad’
  4. Englishformed in English from notoriousnotoriously‘famously, for something bad’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from notorious + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NOTORIOUS, p.396 · scan

Roots

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