† villainistn.
Obsolete. rare.
A confirmed villain.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [noun]
waryOE
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thief1297
villain1303
gerardc1350
villainc1400
villainist1596
viliaco1600
evil genius1688
villagio1820
badman1855
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person > villain
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thief1297
villain1303
gerardc1350
meschant1490
miscredent?a1500
miscreant1590
villainist1596
viliaco1600
villagio1820
badman1855
meanie1932
baddie1934
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. G4 Some..glicking Remembrancers, (not with the multiplying spirite of the Alchumist, but the villanist).
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