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9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
originDerived from Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). By surface analysis, notorious + -ety.
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