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NOTORIOUS, adj., adv. Also notorris. In semi-jocular use = great(ly), exceeding, very much.Sc. 1893 Scots Mag. (June) 6:
He was aye maist notorious fou'.Slk. 1893 J. Dalgleish Walter Wathershanks 34:
I saw there was something notorris wrang about my face tae.Uls.4 1964:
I let out a notorious yell.
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