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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1075/
- Published: 2023-01-09T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-29T19:12:47.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

notorious (adjective):

: generally known and talked of, especially widely and unfavorably known

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notorious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Although notorious (which comes from Latin noscere, “to come to know”) can be a synonym of famous, it’s more often a synonym of infamous, having long ago developed the additional implication of someone or something disreputable. The Book of Common Prayer of 1549 includes one of the first known uses of the unfavorable meaning in print, referring to “notorious synners.”

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