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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