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.
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.
The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy.
Shak.
2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.
[Archaic]
He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life, unto no manner
wight.
Chaucer.
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.