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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
notorious/nəʊˈtɔːriəs/

▶adjective famous for some bad quality or deed.

– derivatives
notoriety noun,
notoriously adverb.

– origin C15: from med. L. notorius (from L. notus ‘known’) + -ous.

'notorious' also found in these Oxford entries:

Casanova - Hell's Angel - inquisition - legend - public enemy - Rachmanism

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