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- Old French · derived fromvileneus
- Middle English · inherited fromvileinous
- English todayvillainous
From Middle English vileinous, from Old French vileneus. By surface analysis, villain + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
villainous
Today it means: Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain. Full definition →
Middle English vileinous ← Old French vileneus