\In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See {Infamy}.]
1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind;
   held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to
   infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an
   infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
         False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.
                                               --Spenser.
2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
   scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;
   infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay.
3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
   common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime
   was committed, or as being associated with something
   detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.
   ``Infamous woods.'' --P. Fletcher.
         Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton.
         The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made.
                                               --Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile;
     shameful; ignominious.