Definition of "notour" [notour]

• Well-known; notorious: as, notour adultery; a notour bankrupt (that is, one legally declared a bankrupt).

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "How they communicate I know notour fellow made not the slightest sound when I speared his foot! yet it is apparent they must communicate effectively."
• "Bischop Amiance send to this cuntrey, is ane thing sa vaine and untrew, that the contrarie thairof is notour to all men of fre jugement."
• "The statute defines "a notour bankrupt" to be any debtor who, being under diligence by horning or caption, at the instance of his creditors, shall be either imprisoned, or retire to the abbey or any other privileged place, or flee or abscond for his personal security, or defend his person by force, and who shall afterwards be found, by sentence of the lords of session, to be insolvent."