villainy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.
Obsolete; Uncountable
adj
Characteristic of a villain.
Example Sentences
- "Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
- "He drew from his pocket a pistol, which, devoid of principle or honour, with an assassin-like assault, he instantly aimed at the breast of Lord Deloraine, but which, in the struggle that ensued, as if by retributive justice, went off unexpectedly and lodged its contents in the body of Melliphant,—thus doomed to receive his punishment by his own hand, and by the very weapon he had carried for his own defence in the perpetration of his villanies."
- "We are all villainy— very villainy, as I am a Christian man."
- "Apparently, in both domestic and foreign movies, you can't get too villainy to displease an audience."
- "Yet here, actual reality offers you the worst villain ever and you say, sorry, he is too villainy."
Etymology
From Middle English vileinie, vileynye, from Anglo-Norman vilenie, from Old French vilanie.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vileinie, vilenie, vilanie