VILLAINOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
a.

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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