VILLAINOUS

Vil″lain‐ous (?), a. [[Written also villanous.]] 1. 1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
2. 2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.
3. 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.