Vil'lain-ous, a.

a. [Written also villanous.] [From villain.]

1. Suited to a villain; like a villain; base; vile; mean; hence, wicked; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
2. Proceeding from extreme depravity; as, a villainous action.
3. Sorry; mean; vile; mischievous; — in a familiar sense; as, a villainous trick of the eye.

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