villainy

[vil·lain·y]

Villainy is a characteristic of being evil or wicked. A movie character's villainy is what makes him the bad guy, the one the audience roots against.

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The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

Noun
a treacherous or vicious act

Noun
the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior


n.
The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

n.
Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.

n.
The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.


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.
The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy.
2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk. [Archaic]
He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life, unto no manner wight.
In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men of coarsest education and employment.
Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than deeds.
3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
Such villainies roused Horace into wrath.
That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called a slave trade. John Wesley.

The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

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