villainizert (vilanizer)

[Also villanizer; villainize + -er1.] One who villainizes. villainlyt, adv. [ME. vileynsly; And there was oure Lord first scourged; for he was scourged and vileynsly entreted in many places. Mandeville, Travels, p. 95. villainous (vil'an-us), a. [Also villanous, and archaically villenous; One that hath spoke most villanous speeches of the duke. Shak., M. for M., v. i. 265. 2. Proceeding from extreme wickedne or depravity: as, a villainous action.-3. Of things, very bad; dreadful; mean; vile; wretched. This villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmle earth. little villa. I am every day building villa kins , and have given over that of castles. Gay , To Swift, March 31, 1730. ( Latham .) 2. A little village. villant, n. An obsolete spelling of villain . villanage, n. See villeinage. villancico (ve-lyan-theʻko), n. [Sp., a rustic song, villa no , of the country, rustic: see vil- lain .] A kind of song, akin to the madrigal, popular in Spain in the fifteenth century, con- sisting of seven-lined stanzas. The melodies to which such songs were sung were often taken as the themes of contrapuntal music, and hence certain motets are still called villancicos . villanella (vil-a-nel'ä), n. [It. villanella , vil- lano , rustic: see villain .] An Italian rustic part- song without accompaniment, the precursor of the more refined and artistic canzonetta and Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., 1. 3. 60. madrigal. It was not supposed to be amenable A many of these fears Would put me into some villainous disease, Should they come thick upon me. B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 1. Villanous , spiteful luck! I'll hold my life some of these saucy drawers betrayed him. Dekker and Webster , Northward Ho, i. 2. Villainous judgment, in old Eng . law , a judgment which deprived one of his lex liber a, which discredited and dis- abled him as a juror or witne , forfeited his goods and chattels and lands for life, wasted the lands, razed the houses, rooted up the trees, and committed his body to prison. Wharton . =Syn. Execrable , Abominable , etc. See nefarious. villa in oust (vil'an-us), adv . [ villainous , a.] In a vile manner or way; villainously. With foreheads villainous low. Shak ., Tempest, iv. 1. 250. to the strict rules of composition. Also villotte. villanelle (vil-a-nel'), n. [F., Who ever heard true Grief relate Its heartfelt Woes in "six" and "eight"? Or felt his manly Bosom swell Within a French-made Villanelle ? A. Dobson.