notoriety

Etymology

From Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin notorietas, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”).

noun

  1. An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
    [H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation. 1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn

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