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† viliaco Obs.
Also villiaco, vill-, viliago.
[ad. It. vigliacco (= Pg. velhaco, Sp. bellaco, obs. F. viliaque, vieillaque):—pop.L. *vīliaccum, -us, f. L. vīlis vile.]
A vile or contemptible person; a villain, scoundrel.
α1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. iii, Now out, base viliaco! Thou my resolution! 1602Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 187 Before they came near the great hall, the faint-hearted villiacoes sounded at least thrice. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Jacke-a-Lent Wks. i. 115/2 Panders are plagued, and the chiefe Commanders of these valorous villiacoes..purchase the inheritance of a Jayle.
β1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 48 Me thinkes alreadie in this ciuill broyle I see them Lording it in London streets, Crying Villiago vnto all they meete. 1607Dekker & Webster Sir T. Wyatt E ij b, A Dondego is a desperate Viliago, a very Castilian, God blesse vs. 1651Randolph's Hey for Honesty ii. i. 10 Why you Villiago's, my master has brought home an old lame..Dotard. |