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villan
(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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Villan
(gcide) | Villan \Vil"lan\, n.
A villain. [R.]
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havilland
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Villan
(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.
[1913 Webster]Villan \Vil"lan\, n.
A villain. [R.]
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Villanage
(gcide) | Villanage \Vil"lan*age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage.
See Villain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base
servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest
services for the lord. [In this sense written also
villenage, and villeinage.]
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I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a
perpetual villanage, never to be manumitted.
--Milton.
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Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the
curious so late as the days of the Stuarts.
--Macaulay.
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2. Baseness; infamy; villainy. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Villanel
(gcide) | Villanel \Vil`la*nel"\, n. [See Villanelle.]
A ballad. [Obs.] --Cotton.
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Villanella
(gcide) | Villanella \Vil`la*nel"la\, n.; pl. Villanelle. [It., a pretty
country girl.] (Mus.)
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
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Villanelle
(gcide) | Villanella \Vil`la*nel"la\, n.; pl. Villanelle. [It., a pretty
country girl.] (Mus.)
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
[1913 Webster]Villanelle \Vil`la*nelle"\, n. [F.]
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and
third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third
verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the
close. --E. W. Gosse.
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Villanette
(gcide) | Villanette \Vil`la*nette"\, n. [Dim. of villa; formed on the
analogy of the French.]
A small villa. [R.]
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Villanize
(gcide) | Villanize \Vil"lan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Villanized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Villanizing.]
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.]
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Were virtue by descent, a noble name
Could never villanize his father's fame. --Dryden.
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Villanized
(gcide) | Villanize \Vil"lan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Villanized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Villanizing.]
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.]
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Were virtue by descent, a noble name
Could never villanize his father's fame. --Dryden.
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Villanizer
(gcide) | Villanizer \Vil"lan*i`zer\, n.
One who villanizes. [R.]
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Villanizing
(gcide) | Villanize \Vil"lan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Villanized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Villanizing.]
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.]
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Were virtue by descent, a noble name
Could never villanize his father's fame. --Dryden.
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Villanous
(gcide) | Villanous \Vil"lan*ous\, a. Villanously \Vil"lan*ous*ly\, adv.,
Villanousness \Vil"lan*ous*ness\, n.,
See Villainous, etc.
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Villanously
(gcide) | Villanous \Vil"lan*ous\, a. Villanously \Vil"lan*ous*ly\, adv.,
Villanousness \Vil"lan*ous*ness\, n.,
See Villainous, etc.
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Villanousness
(gcide) | Villanous \Vil"lan*ous\, a. Villanously \Vil"lan*ous*ly\, adv.,
Villanousness \Vil"lan*ous*ness\, n.,
See Villainous, etc.
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villany
(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.
[1913 Webster]Villany \Vil"lan*y\, n.
See Villainy.
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Villany
(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.
[1913 Webster]Villany \Vil"lan*y\, n.
See Villainy.
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