well-known for something bad or unfavourable; infamous
a notorious gambler
a district notorious for crime
Swimming pools were a notorious source of eye and ear infections
notoriety noun
notoriously adv
late Latin notorius well-known, earlier ‘making known’, from notus, past part. of noscere to come to know. The sense was possibly influenced by late Latin notorium notorious offence, earlier ‘information’, ‘indictment’, neuter of notorius