1. (a.) Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

2. (a.) Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

3. (a.) Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.

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