(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:17:05

Vil"lain*ous (?), a. [Written also villanous.]

1.

Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

2.

Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

3.

Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.

"A villainous trick of thine eye."

Shak.

Villainous judgment O. E.Law, a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person.

--- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.

 

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