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villain
(encz) | villain,darebák n: Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,lotr n: Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,lump n: [žert.] Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,mizera n: [žert.] Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,ničema n: Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,padouch n: Ritchie |
villain
(encz) | villain,uličník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Villain
(gcide) | Villain \Vil"lain\, v. t.
To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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Villain
(gcide) | Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,
from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa.]
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1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,
tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest
class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also
villan, and villein.]
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If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,
and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his
posterity also must do so, though accidentally they
become noble. --Jer. Taylor.
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Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that
is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti glebae); and
villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of
their lord, and transferable from one to another.
--Blackstone.
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2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]
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Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the
blood of the gentleman in another, what difference
shall there be proved? --Becon.
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3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and
capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;
a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
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Like a villain with a smiling cheek. --Shak.
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Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
--Pope.
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Villain
(gcide) | Villain \Vil"lain\, a. [F. vilain.]
Villainous. [R.] --Shak.
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villain
(wn) | villain
n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[syn: villain, scoundrel]
2: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
[syn: villain, baddie] |
VILLAIN
(bouvier) | VILLAIN., An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to
whom it is applied.
2. To call a man a villain in a letter written to a third person, will
entitle him to an action without proof of special damages. 1 Bos. & Pull.
331.
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villainously
(mass) | villainously
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villain
(encz) | villain,darebák n: Ritchievillain,lotr n: Ritchievillain,lump n: [žert.] Ritchievillain,mizera n: [žert.] Ritchievillain,ničema n: Ritchievillain,padouch n: Ritchievillain,uličník n: Zdeněk Brož |
villainage
(encz) | villainage,nevolnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
villainess
(encz) | villainess,darebačka Zdeněk Brož |
villainous
(encz) | villainous,mizerný adj: Ritchievillainous,ničemný adj: Ritchievillainous,podlý adj: Zdeněk Brožvillainous,zlotřilý adj: Ritchie |
villainously
(encz) | villainously,podle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
villainousness
(encz) | villainousness,podlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
villains
(encz) | villains,ničemové Zdeněk Brož |
villainy
(encz) | villainy,darebáctví n: Zdeněk Brožvillainy,ničemně Zdeněk Brožvillainy,ničemnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Outvillain
(gcide) | Outvillain \Out*vil"lain\, v. t.
To exceed in villainy.
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Villainies
(gcide) | 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 being a villain, or villainous;
extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy
of the seducer. "Lucre of vilanye." --Chaucer.
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The commendation is not in his wit, but in his
villainy. --Shak.
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2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul
talk. [Archaic]
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He never yet not vileinye ne said
In all his life, unto no manner wight. --Chaucer.
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In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed
villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men
of coarsest education and employment. --Barrow.
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Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul
and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than
deeds. --Trench.
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3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
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Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. --Dryden.
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That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called
a slave trade. --John Wesley.
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Villainous
(gcide) | Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
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1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
wretch.
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2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
a villain; as, a villainous action.
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3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A
villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.
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Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
reproach on the guilty person.
[1913 Webster] --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv.
Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
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Villainous judgment
(gcide) | Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
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1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
wretch.
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2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
a villain; as, a villainous action.
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3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A
villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.
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Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
reproach on the guilty person.
[1913 Webster] --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv.
Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
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Villainously
(gcide) | Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
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1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
wretch.
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2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
a villain; as, a villainous action.
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3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A
villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.
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Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
reproach on the guilty person.
[1913 Webster] --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv.
Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
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Villainousness
(gcide) | Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
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1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
wretch.
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2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
a villain; as, a villainous action.
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3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A
villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.
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Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
reproach on the guilty person.
[1913 Webster] --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv.
Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
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Villainy
(gcide) | 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 being a villain, or villainous;
extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy
of the seducer. "Lucre of vilanye." --Chaucer.
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The commendation is not in his wit, but in his
villainy. --Shak.
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2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul
talk. [Archaic]
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He never yet not vileinye ne said
In all his life, unto no manner wight. --Chaucer.
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In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed
villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men
of coarsest education and employment. --Barrow.
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Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul
and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than
deeds. --Trench.
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3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
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Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. --Dryden.
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That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called
a slave trade. --John Wesley.
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villain
(wn) | villain
n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[syn: villain, scoundrel]
2: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
[syn: villain, baddie] |
villainage
(wn) | villainage
n 1: the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or
feudal serf [syn: villeinage, villainage] |
villainess
(wn) | villainess
n 1: a woman villain |
villainous
(wn) | villainous
adj 1: extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous
plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn: nefarious,
villainous] |
villainousness
(wn) | villainousness
n 1: the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior [syn:
villainy, villainousness] |
villainy
(wn) | villainy
n 1: the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior [syn:
villainy, villainousness]
2: a criminal or vicious act |
VILLAIN
(bouvier) | VILLAIN., An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to
whom it is applied.
2. To call a man a villain in a letter written to a third person, will
entitle him to an action without proof of special damages. 1 Bos. & Pull.
331.
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