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Villanous

Villanous \Vil"lan*ous\, a. Villanously \Vil"lan*ous*ly\, adv., Villanousness \Vil"lan*ous*ness\, n., See Villainous, etc.

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villanous

a. (obsolete spelling of villainous English)

Usage examples of "villanous".

Substantial, wholesome, and clean--though generated by a wet, helpless creature having no personal charms, and which, having passed the phase of life in which it enjoyed the gift of locomotion, has become a plant-like fixture to one spot--the gas mingles with other diffusions of the reef, recalling villanous salt-petre and sheepdips and brimstone and treacle to the stimulation of the mental faculties generally.

He looked upon the contrivers and executors of the villanous South Sea scheme as the parricides of their country, and should be satisfied to see them tied in like manner in sacks, and thrown into the Thames.