单词 | notoriety |
释义 | notorietyn. 1. The state or condition of being notorious; the fact of being famous or well known, esp. for some reprehensible action, quality, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [noun] notoriety1564 famousness1605 publicness1605 well-knownness1917 society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > fact of being publicly known notoriety1564 1564 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 211 In respect of the contents of the foyrsaid wryting..and notorite of the invasion and hurt done to him. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 37 The notoritie of the manifest and open justice of our cause. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 28 Upon the notorietie of a great and haynous fact,..the transgressor to be secluded fra the communion. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iii. 178 But this thing is evident by notoriety of fact. a1683 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 195 The joynt Participation of the same Gift by all, and the Notoriety of the matter thereon. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 146 The Credit of the former [historians] is by common Notoriety supported for a long Time. View more context for this quotation 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxv. 301 The truth of which You dare not deny, because it is of public notoriety. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 4 He has become a character of considerable notoriety in two or three country towns. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 237 He had been raised..to notoriety such as has for low and bad minds all the attractions of glory. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech ii. 64 It is now a matter of simple notoriety that not merely in sounds and letters [etc.]. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xiii. 212 Mrs. Honeychurch..would abandon every topic to inveigh against those women who (instead of minding their houses and their children) seek notoriety by print. 1958 P. Gibbs Curtains of Yesterday 216 For the first time Val saw this strange phenomenon who..seemed to be gaining notoriety and—could it be possible?—power. 1988 Independent 20 Sept. 23/3 He has acquired a certain notoriety..for his outspoken views. 2. A notorious or well-known thing, event, act, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [noun] > well-known person or thing notorietyc1650 household name1804 known1822 monstre sacré1959 society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > fact of being publicly known > thing which is publicly known notorietyc1650 c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 137 With other emergents and notorieties. 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 52 Letters from Holland speak of it as a notoriety. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 June vi. 1/5 Characterizations each markedly different from the others and owing nothing to the lures of plastic beauty or the notorieties of private life. 1998 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Oct. 42 This crammed history of precious stones..lists such notorieties as the theft of Louis XV's 82 Oriental rubies. 3. A notorious or well-known person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 213 We cannot but see..that it was against his will he ever became a notoriety. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxv. 97 Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled. 1884 Athenæum 21 June 786/2 The Bonaparte family and the heroes or notorieties of the French Revolution. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. at Haweis, Hugh Reginald In 1856 he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and quickly became a notoriety. 1963 P. White Let. 10 Feb. (1994) vii. 218 Now I think I shall go, to see who else is there.., and to watch how the colonial notorieties react. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 16 Dec. n5 A selection of minor American notorieties, including ghoul-rocker Marilyn Manson, pose here with their tree-trim of choice. Compounds C1. notoriety hunter n. ΚΠ 1850 Littell's Living Age 28 Sept. 596/1 It was not till he took up a question ripe enough for political agitation..that he became a provincial lion, with sufficient name to induce..notoriety-hunters to seek him out. 1891 Spectator 18 Apr. 534/1 Some of them may be notoriety-hunters. 1999 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 20 Sept. b5 The only persons to whom such legislation would be a grievance are notoriety hunters. notoriety monger n. ΚΠ 1882 Cent. Mag. July 454/2 Pestered, like all prominent persons by visits and letters from the ordinary notoriety-mongers. 1927 News Bull. (Inst. Pacific Relations) Feb. 15/2 Some of these indefatigable plotters..finally succeeded in interesting in their plan a few notoriety mongers of no standing in our public life. notoriety seeker n. ΚΠ 1860 Harper's Mag. Aug. 351/2 [He] was distinguished for his scorn of all clap-trap arts of notoriety seekers. 1943 Sci. Monthly Oct. 329/1 [This inference] has led would-be benefactors or notoriety seekers to experiment with..men who were failing in army color-tests. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Aug. 11 Teacher Penny Ellis pitted her wits against nine other notoriety seekers in reality TV show. C2. notoriety-hunting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 425/2 There was no notoriety-hunting in him. 1890 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea II. xxxiii. 126 A notoriety-hunting preacher marries a couple in a balloon. notoriety-seeking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1841 N. Amer. Rev. 52 516 The generous spirit of individuals ought to be turned away from the wild schemes of notoriety-seeking projectors. 1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 457/2 Is the merchant so entirely uncorrupted as he represents himself? Is there nothing involved in his notoriety seeking but matters of interest and profit? 1909 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 4/6 Efficiency in the art of swimming is one thing, notoriety-seeking is a different matter altogether. 1989 Nous 23 129 Simple misobservation would be inadequate to explain the bulk of the phenomena at issue, and notoriety-seeking or motivated misperception would seem similarly insufficient hypotheses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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