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infamies

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Infamy \In"fa*my\, n.; pl. Infamies . [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame .] Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of infamy English)

Usage examples of infamies.

And at other infamies besides -- infamies not to be set down in words.

And as I went on probing into the secret life of the great Metropolis of Mammon, and laying bare its infamies to the world, I saw the attitude of the church to such work.

Had Juliette paused but for the fraction of a second, had she stopped to read the placard setting forth this odious law, had she only reflected, then she would even now have turned back, and fled from that gruesome box of infamies, as she would from a dangerous and noisome reptile or from the pestilence.

Thas was Deroulede's stronghold: the people of Paris, whom he had loved through all their infamies, and whom he had succoured and helped in their private need.