Webster's Dictionary 1913

1216

Villainous

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 vil...

1217

Villainy

Vil″lain‐y (?), n.; pl.Villainies (#). [OE. vilanie, OF. vilanie, vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See Villain, n.] [Written also villany.] 1. The quality or state of ...

1218

Villakin

Vil″la‐kin (?), n. A little villa. Gay.

1219

Villan

Vil″lan (?), n. A villain.

1220

Villanage

Vil″lan‐age (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage. See Villain.] 1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest service...

1221

Villanel

Vil′la‐nel″ (?), n. [See Villanelle.] A ballad. Cotton.

1222

Villanella

‖Vil′la‐nel″la (?), n.; pl.Villanelle (#). (Mus.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.

1223

Villanelle

‖Vil′la‐nelle″ (?), n. A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and ...

1224

Villanette

Vil′la‐nette″ (?), n. [Dim. of villa; formed on the analogy of the French.] A small villa.

1225

Villanize

Vil″lan‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Villanized; p. pr. & vb. n.Villanizing (?).] To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.Were virtue by descent, a noble nameCould never v...

1226

Villanizer

Vil″lan‐i′zer (?), n. One who villanizes.

1227

Villanous

Vil″lan‐ous (?), a.Vil″lan‐ous‐ly, adv., Vil″lan‐ous‐ness, n., See Villainous, etc.

1228

Villany

Vil″lan‐y (?), n. See Villainy.

1229

Villatic

Vil‐lat″ic (?), a. [L. villaticus belonging to a country house. See Village.] Of or pertaining to a farm or a village; rural. “Tame villatic fowl.” Milton.

1230

Villein

Vil″lein (?), n.(Feudal Law) See Villain, 1.

1231

Villenage

Vil″len‐age (?), n. [See Villanage.] (Feudal Law) Villanage. Blackstone.

1232

Villenous

Vil″len‐ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to a villein.

1233

Villi

‖Vil″li (?), n., pl. of Villus.

1234

Villiform

Vil″li‐form (?), a. [Villus + -form.] Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.

1235

Villose

Vil‐lose″ (?), a.(Bot.) See Villous.

1236

Villosity

Vil‐los″i‐ty (?), n. 1. State of being villous.2. (Bot.) A coating of long, slender hairs.3. (Anat.) A villus.

1237

Villous

Vil″lous (?), a. [L. villosus: cf. F. villeux. Cf. Velvet.] 1. Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.2. (Anat.) Furnish...

1238

Villus

‖Vil″lus (?), n.; pl.Villi (#). 1. (Anat.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines o...

1239

Vim

Vim (?), n. [L., accusative of vis strength.] Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

1240

Vimen

‖Vi″men (?), n.(Bot.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch.

1241

Viminal

Vim″i‐nal (?; 277), a. [L. viminalis pertaining to osiers, fr. vimen a pliant twig, osier.] Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.

1242

Vimineous

Vi‐min″e‐ous (?; 277), a. [L. vimineus, fr. vimen pliant twig.] 1. Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs. “In the hive's vimineous dome.” Prior.2. (Bot.) Producing lon...