Definition of Villainies. Meaning of Villainies. Synonyms of Villainies

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Definition of Villainies

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

Meaning of Villainies from wikipedia

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- the resolve “Of Woman”, Feltham asks: “Whence proceed the most abhorred villainies, but from a masculine unblushing impudence? When a woman grows bold and...
- a cave in Derbyshire, "to the end that their cozenings, knaveries and villainies might not so easily be perceived and known". Thomas Harman, a justice...
- John Wesley had once called the slave-trade "that execrable sum of all villainies." In the 19th century, the AME Church of Ohio collaborated with the Methodist...
- against the slave trade. Wesley denounced slavery as "the sum of all villainies" and detailed its abuses. He addressed the slave trade in a polemical...
- stating that such a portrayal "justifies all Ned Kelly’s viciousness and villainies". The film was banned in "Kelly Country"—regional centres such as Benalla...
- orphanage's operations. John Wesley denounced slavery as "the sum of all villainies" and detailed its abuses. However, defenses of slavery were common among...
- had written to the Governor of Havana to complain of the "violence and villainies" of a Guarda Costa commander named Fandino who, "about the 20th April...