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Infamies
Infamy In"fa*my, n.; pl. Infamies. [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action. 3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Infamize
Infamize In"fa*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing.] To make infamous; to defame. [R.] --Coleridge.
Infamized
Infamize In"fa*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing.] To make infamous; to defame. [R.] --Coleridge.
Infamizing
Infamize In"fa*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing.] To make infamous; to defame. [R.] --Coleridge.

Meaning of Infami from wikipedia

- described in English by terms such as "rats" or "snitches" and in Italian as infami or pentiti, depending on the context. According to the Oxford English Dictionary...
- Baeonoma infamis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is 19–22 mm....
- socially; that is, to one's re****tion. A person who suffered infamia was an infamis (plural infames). Infamia was a form of censure more disgraceful than ignominia...
- superstitious female relatives concoct a charm with the "infamous finger" (digitus infamis) and "purifying spit" while in the Satyricon, an old woman uses dust, spit...
- Inspector Leonardo Tanzi. The title of the movie inspired the book Cinici infami e violenti (2005), written by Daniele Magni and Silvio Giobbio, a book guide...
- ISBN 978-8871805863. Daniele Magni, Silvio Giobbio, Ancora più... Cinici infami e violentiGuida ai film polizieschi italiani degli anni '70, Bloodbuster...
- he had **** with a prostitute, slave, or person of marginalized status (infamis). Most prostitutes in ancient Rome were slaves, though some slaves were...
- subject to execution, a rare penalty in Roman law. A male classified as infamis, such as a prostitute or actor, could not as a matter of law be raped,...
- liberty (libertas), as distinguished from the slave or social outcast (infamis). Although nexum was abolished as a way to secure a loan, a form of debt...
- worked as a prostitute or entertainer lost her social standing and became infamis; by making her body publicly available, she had in effect surrendered her...