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villanous

villanous is the obsolete spelling of villainous.

Meaning of villainous

Adjective

villainous (comparative more villainous, superlative most villainous)

  1. Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.
  2. Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious.
    • Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III

Forms of villanous

comparativemore villanous
superlativemost villanous

Questions about villanous

What is villanous the obsolete spelling of?
Villanous is the obsolete spelling of villainous.

Words near villanous in the dictionary

  1. villanizes
  2. villanizing
  3. Villano
  4. Villano de Las Encartaciones
  5. Villanos
  6. villanous
  7. Villanova
  8. Villanovan
  9. villanovane
  10. Villanovans
  11. Villanovas

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