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Webster 1913 Edition
Villainous
Vil′lain-ous
,Adj.
[Written also
villanous
.] 1.
Base; vile; mean; depraved;
as, a
. villainous
person or wretch2.
Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain;
as, a
. villainous
action3.
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
, Noun.