Part 5804

<blockquote>The piny shade More <b>infamous</b> by cursed Lycaon made. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.</syn>

<h1>Infamously</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fa*mous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.</def>

<blockquote>The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been <b>infamously</b> monopolized and huckstered. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infamousness</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fa*mous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.</def>

<h1>Infamy</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fa*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Infamies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>infamia</ets>, fr. <ets>infamis</ets> infamous; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>fama</ets> fame: cf. F. <ets>infamie</ets>. See <er>Fame</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.</def>

<blockquote>The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such <b>infamy</b>. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; <as>as, the <ex>infamy</ex> of an action</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.</def>

<-- Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . [Roosevelt] -->

<h1>Infancy</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infantia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>enfance</ets>. See <er>Infant</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.</def>

<blockquote>The babe yet lies in smiling <b>infancy</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their love in early <b>infancy</b> began. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; <as>as, the <ex>infancy</ex> of an art</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>infancy</b> and the grandeur of Rome. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.</def>

<h1>Infandous</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fan"dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infandus</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>fari</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Infangthef</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fang"thef</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>in-fangen-pe\'a2f</ets>; <ets>in</ets> in, into + <ets>fangen</ets> taken (p. p. of <ets>f<?/n</ets> to take) + <ets>pe\'a2f</ets> thief.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>