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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlənəs/

形容詞

villainous (comparative more villainous, superlative most villainous)

1. Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.
2. Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious.
   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, OCLC 316392309, Act III:

     Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 9:

     Bah! to this toilet for the villainous boredom of church.

別の表記

• villanous (廃れた用法)

同意語

• villainly
• villainy

派生語

• villainously
• villainousness