different between disesteem vs infamy

English

Etymology

dis- +? esteem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s??sti?m/

Noun

disesteem (uncountable)

1. Lack of esteem; disregard.

Verb

disesteem (third-person singular simple present disesteems, present participle disesteeming, simple past and past participle disesteemed)

1. To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 130

Anagrams

• seedtimes

English

Etymology

From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin ?nf?mia (“infamy”), from ?nf?mis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + f?ma (“fame, renown”). Displaced native Old English unhl?sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nf?mi/
• Hyphenation: in?fa?my

Noun

infamy (countable and uncountable, plural infamies)

1. The state of being infamous.
2. A reputation as being evil.
   • December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Infamy Speech, [1]

     Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

3. A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
4. (law) A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.

Related terms

• fame
• infamous

Translations