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villainy

noun

Etymology

From Middle English vileinie, vileynye, from Anglo-Norman vilenie, from Old French vilanie.

  1. derived from vilanie
  2. derived from vilenie
  3. inherited from vileinie

Definitions

  1. Evil or wicked character or behaviour.

    • Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

  2. A wicked or treacherous act.

  3. Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Disgrace, ignominy.

    2. The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.

    3. Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners.

    4. Characteristic of a villain.

      • We are all villainy— very villainy, as I am a Christian man.
      • Apparently, in both domestic and foreign movies, you can't get too villainy to displease an audience.
      • Yet here, actual reality offers you the worst villain ever and you say, sorry, he is too villainy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA