word-vault/dist/data/cards/no/notorious.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "notorious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "well known for being bad",
            "sensetop": "notorious for something/for doing somethingnotorious as something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a notorious criminal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a location made notorious by battles between local gangs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.",
                    "contextForm": "notorious for something/for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.",
                    "contextForm": "notorious as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an area which is notorious as a centre for drug trafficking"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nəʊˈtɔːriəs/",
                "audio": "no/notorious/notorious__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nəʊˈtɔːriəs/",
                "audio": "no/notorious/notorious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘generally known’): from medieval Latin notorius (from Latin notus ‘known’) + -ous."
}