3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility,
under Infallibility.
Infallibleness
(In*fal"li*ble*ness), n. The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp. Hall.
Infallibly
(In*fal"li*bly), adv. In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. Blair.
Infame
(In*fame") v. t. [L. infamare, fr. infamis infamous: cf. F. infamer, It. infamare. See Infamous.]
To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.] Milton.
Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband.
Bacon. Infamize
(In"fa*mize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infamized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing ] To make infamous; to
defame. [R.] Coleridge.
Infamous
(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.
Infamously
(In"fa*mous*ly), adv. In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered.
Burke. Infamousness
(In"fa*mous*ness), n. The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
Infamy
(In"fa*my) n.; pl. Infamies [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F.
infamie. See Fame.]
1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy.
Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common
law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Infancy
(In"fan*cy) n. [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]
