vility

Meanings

noun

obsoleteThe quality of being vile or base.
The Comedians wore these to represent the vility of the Persons they represented; as debauch'd young Sparks, old crazy Misers, Pimps, Parasites, Strumpets, and the rest of that Gang.
1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome

From vile + -ity, from Latin vīlitās: compare French vileté, Middle French vilité, Old French vilté.

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