Category:Villainous

Vil"lain*ous, a. Etym: [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.