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VIL'LAINY, n.
The quality or state of being a villain, or
villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the
villainy of the seducer.
"Lucre of vilanye."
Chaucer.
The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy. Shak. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous
speech; foul talk.
[Archaic]
He never yet not vileinye ne said In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men of coarsest education and employment. Barrow. Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than deeds. Trench. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity;
a crime.
Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. Dryden. That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called a slave trade. John Wesley. | ||||||||