\Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]
1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or
   wretch.
2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to
   a villain; as, a villainous action.
3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. ``A
   villainous trick of thine eye.'' --Shak.
{Villainous judgment} (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts
   reproach on the guilty person. --- {Vil"lain*ous*ly}, adv.
   {Vil"lain*ous*ness}, n.