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.