villainous

a. [ Written also villanous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. “A villainous trick of thine eye.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person. [ 1913 Webster ]

--- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil"lain*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]