Lexic.us

Definition of Villain

1. Noun. A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately.

2. Noun. The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction.

Definition of Villain

1. n. One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

2. a. Villainous.

3. v. t. To debase; to degrade.

4. n. One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

5. a. Villainous.

6. v. t. To debase; to degrade.

Definition of Villain

1. Noun. A vile, wicked person. ¹

2. Noun. The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic form of villein) ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To debase; to degrade. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Villain

1. a cruelly malicious person [n -S]

Medical Definition of Villain

1. 1. One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also villan, and villein] "If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accidentally they become noble." (Jer. Taylor) Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (LL. Adscripti glebae); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another. 2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. "Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved?" (Becon) 3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp. "Like a villain with a smiling cheek." (Shak) "Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix." (Pope) Origin: OE. Vilein, F. Vilain, LL. Villanus, from villa a village, L. Villa a farm. See Villa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Villain

villageries villagers villagery villages villagey villagio villagios villagisation villagisations villagization

villagizations villagize villagized villagizes villagizing villain (current term) villainage villainages villainess villainesses

villainies villaining villainise villainize villainized villainizes villainizing villainous villainously villainousness

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