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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vil·lain·ous a.
 1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
 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.”
 Villainous judgment O. E. Law, a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person.
 --- Vil*lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil*lain*ous*ness, n.
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