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villainousness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  villainousness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  evil  by  virtue  of  villainous  behavior  [syn:  {villainy}] 




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