Literary notes about Notorious (AI summary)
Writers use "notorious" to signal that a person, deed, or fact is widely known—often for disreputable or striking reasons. In some works, its use underscores that certain occurrences are so evident they cannot be concealed, as when a case is deemed “too notorious to be hushed up” [1] or recognized as an inescapable truth [2]. In character sketches, the term emphasizes infamy, whether describing an individual with a scandalous reputation [3] or a notorious villain whose deeds define public perception [4]. Even in discussions of natural phenomena or habitual practices, "notorious" conveys an idea of unmistakable renown, whether for variability in nature [5] or for behaviors that have become part of a cultural narrative.
- clārior rēs erat quam ut dissimulārī posset , L. 26, 51, 11, the thing was too notorious to be hushed up .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - With respect to our first Principle , it is notorious how powerful is the force of habit.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - He was the son of a clerk and of a woman whose wicked ways were notorious and who died in a hospital.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - That man is Leopold M’Intosh, the notorious fireraiser.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - It is notorious that specific characters are more variable than generic.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
