Dictionary entry

Villainous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.