Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NO-TO'RI-OUS, a. [It. and Sp. notorio; Fr. notoire; from Low L. notorius, from notus, known.]

1. Publicly known; manifest to the world; evident; usually, known to disadvantage; hence almost always used in an ill sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice; a man notorious for lewdness or gaming.
2. In a good sense. Your goodness, / Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak.