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Definition of "infamed" [infamed]

  • Defamed or disgraced: specifically applied in heraldry to a lion or other beast shown without a tail.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "infamed" in a sentence
  • "Livia is infamed, for the poisoning of her husband; Roxalana,"
  • "But, however, the doctrine maintained by this man, and those opposed or scorned by him, are not my special concernment; for what is it to me what the Rector of etc., preacheth or publisheth, beyond my common interest in the truths of the gospel, with other men as great strangers unto him as myself, who to my knowledge never saw him, nor heard of his name till infamed by his book?"
  • "Finally, whosoever for any offense be infamed, by their ears hang rings of gold, upon their fingers they wear rings of gold, and about their necks chains of gold; and in conclusion their heads be tied about with gold."