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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

- the resolve “Of Woman”, Feltham asks: “Whence proceed the most abhorred villainies, but from a masculine unblushing impudence? When a woman grows bold and...
- merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him, from the Western isles Of kerns and gallowgl****es...
- 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...
- Bellman of London), Lanthorne and Candle-light, Villainies Discovered by Candlelight, and English Villainies. They owe their form and many of their incidents...
- of Sinbad the Sailor. She had struggles with finding the character's villainies. Initially the character was "too ****ual", then she lacked fun. After...
- one more letter. This time to Washington, asking forgiveness for his villainies and declaring the chief to be a "great and good man." Then he "conditionally"...
- 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...
- Round Pond and Other Strange Adventure Stories (ed., 1977) Victorian Villainies (ed., with Graham Greene, 1984) Source: Who's Who. Greene is thought to...
- suddenly lame. Holmes's powers unravel the mystery and lay bare what villainies there are to be exposed. He visits the milliners' shop in London and determines...
- merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him, from the Western isles Of kerns and gallowgl****es...