Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Notorious

Notorious , adjective

[Latin notorius pointing out, making known, from noscere, notum, to known: compare French notoire. See Know.]

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.
Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. — Shakespeare