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.
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.
