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n 1 o 1 t 1 o 1 r 1 i 1 o 1 u 1 s 1

9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective known widely and usually unfavorably

originFrom Late Middle English notoryous, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius (“evident, known; famous, well-known; infamous”), from Latin nōtus (“known, recognized; familiar, widely known; famous, well-known; infamous”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives). Nōtus is the perfect passive participle of nōscō (“to become acquainted with or learn about (something); (rare) to be familiar with, recognize”),…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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