villainousness

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“villainousness” is listed under Villainous.

Origin: 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.” William Shakespeare

Villainous judgment O. E. Law, a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person.

—- Vil′wb-a1′>′lain·ous·ly, adverb Vil′wb-a1′>′lain·ous·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54