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[syn: villainy, villainousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
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1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
wretch.
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2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
a villain; as, a villainous action.
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3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A
villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.
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Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
reproach on the guilty person.
[1913 Webster] --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv.
Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
villainousness
n 1: the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior [syn:
villainy, villainousness]