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A.Word.A.Day--notorious Do you wish to receive A.Word.A.Day in your mailbox every day? Subscribe here. Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio notorious (no-TOR-ee-uhs) adjective Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous. [From Medieval Latin notorius, well-known, from Latin notus, known, past participle of noscere, to get to know.] "Antidepressants--particularly SSRIs--are notorious for causing sex problems." Castleman, Michael, Becoming unblue, Mother Jones, 15 May 1997. This week's theme: words that have reversed their meaning. X-Bonus Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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