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单词 notoriety
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notorietyn.

Brit. /ˌnəʊtəˈrʌɪᵻti/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈraɪᵻdi/
Forms: 1500s notorietie, 1500s notoritie, 1500s– notoriety, 1900s– notorietee (irregular); Scottish pre-1700 notoriete, pre-1700 notorietie, pre-1700 notoriotie, pre-1700 notorite, pre-1700 notouretie, pre-1700 1700s– notoriety.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French notoritee, notoriété; Latin notorietas.
Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman notoritee, notoritie notoriousness and Middle French, French notoriété fact of being well-known (1404), notorious act (1690; < Anglo-Norman notoire , notoir , notore , notorie and Middle French notoire notory adj.1 + -eté : see -ty suffix1), and partly < post-classical Latin notorietas state or condition of being well-known (from 1280 in British sources) < notorius (see notorious adj.1) + -etas (compare -iety suffix). Compare Spanish notoriedad (a1484 or earlier), Italian notorietà (1640), Portuguese notoriedade (1781).
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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