Category:Notoriety

No`to*ri"e*ty, n. Etym: [cf. F. notoriété. See notorious.]

Defn: the quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being Generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable Sense; as, the notoriety of a crime. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public Notoriety. Addison.