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VILLAGE-LIKE. 205 VILLAINIST.<br />
x8i9 BvRON Let. to Hoppner d }\ix\e, I shall go back to<br />
Venice before I *village on ihe Hrenta. 1867 McDowall<br />
Hist, Dumfries xiii. 144 William I. raised it [Dumfries!<br />
from humble "villagedom to be one of the King's own<br />
burghs. t88i F. T. Palgkave Visions Eng. 4 O'er the land<br />
is wrought The happy villagedom by English tribes From<br />
Elbe and Baltic brought, c 1890 Stevenson In South Seas<br />
IV. (1900) 312 A *villageful of jjay companions. 1897 Mahy<br />
KiNCstev /K Africa 401 They come down in villagefuls<br />
among the older tribes. 1890 Murray's Mag. May 662<br />
Caudebec is only redeemed from pure *villagehood by its<br />
possessio.T of a Mayor. 1889 Hissky Tour in Phaeton 169<br />
An old and lonely country church, standing by itself,<br />
*vtllageles^, on rising ground. 1858 THORtAU Lett. (1865J<br />
171 Let it be a local and *villageous book. 176a ir. Busc/iing^s<br />
Syst. Geog. IV. 72 The town contains some corporations<br />
of villages or *villageships. 1883 Haiper's Mag.<br />
Sept. 41^3/2 We strolled *villageward. 1884 May Crom-<br />
UFLiN BroTvn-Eyes aix. Then the two groups, .went back<br />
villagewards. 177a Nl'gent Hist. Fr, Gerund W. 169 To<br />
say, * Command me, in every thing," they would think a<br />
vulgarity and *villagism.<br />
Vi'llage-like, a. [f. Village sb.'\ Like or<br />
resembling a village or that of a village.<br />
1838 Ht. Martiseau West. Trav, I. 251 The village-like<br />
character of some of the arrangements at Washington.<br />
1840 Arnold Hist, Rome (1846) II. xxxv. 437 They lived<br />
mostly in villages, or in small village-like towns. 1864 .*\.<br />
McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 186 The town no longer pre.<br />
sented a village-like aspect,<br />
Vrllager. [f. Village ^^. + -eii^.] One who<br />
lives in a village; now iisnallyf a working-class<br />
inhabitant or native of a village.<br />
1570 Levjns Manip, 80 A y\\\^%fiT,villicus. 1601 Shaks.<br />
Jul. C. I. ii. 172 Brutus had rather be a Villager, Then to<br />
repute himselfe a Sonne of Rome Vnder these hard Conditions.<br />
1634 Milton Comus 166 Som harmles Villager<br />
Whom thrift keeps up about his Country gear. 1718 Rows<br />
tr. Lucan i. 59 Nochearful Maid nor Villager is seen, >75s<br />
Young Brothers 11. i, Eacii villager Is queen of her aflec*<br />
tions. 1796 Morse Avier.Geog. II. 47 Vast districts, which<br />
the nearest villagers took possession of. 1841 Ly iton Nt.<br />
4* Morii. I. i, The desolate parsonage was committed to the<br />
charge of one of the villagers. 1876 BANCsOFr Hist. U. S.<br />
IV. 1. 314 All Frenchmen, alike townspeople and villagers,<br />
were free.<br />
transf. 1634 W. Wood New Eug. Prosp, (1865) 36 These<br />
waterie villagers [ = fish] with thousands more, Doe passe<br />
and repasse neare the verdant shore.<br />
Hence Vl'llaffereM, a female villager, a village<br />
girl or woman.<br />
1873 M. Collins Miraftda II. 22 The vlllageresses were<br />
terribly jealous at first. 1894 A. D'Hekistal Discord, Life<br />
lot She was so indifferent about what the squiresses and<br />
Vlllageresses might say about her.<br />
Vlllagery (viled.^iri, vi-led.^ari). Also 6<br />
villagree. [f. Village sb, + -(e)ry.] Villages<br />
collectively.<br />
Now chiefly as an echo of the Sbaksperian pa.ssage.<br />
1590 Shaks. Mids. JV. 11. i. 35 Arc you not bee, That<br />
frights the maidens of the Villagree. i8>a W. Tennant<br />
Thane of Fife ni. I, Crowding they come from all her coasts<br />
so rife Of villagery. a 1839 Galt D-ruton Destiny (1840) 5<br />
A vista bright appe.^red Of riant villagery. 1883 Blaclnv.<br />
Mag, Jan. 75/2 Unkempt mountain ponies startle the<br />
maidens of the villagery.<br />
Vi'llaget. rare. [f. as prec. + -ET. Cf. older<br />
F. villagette (Godef.).J A little village.<br />
1781 Twining Papers Set. 11. (1887) 81 The mountains.<br />
are, for some distance, so close to the river as scarcely to<br />
leave room for even a villaget. 1846 D. W. Pltghe Harlech<br />
Castle 26 Naenlwrog is a romantic villaget,<br />
Vi*llaffey, a- [f. as prec. + -v.] Somewhat<br />
village-like.<br />
i88a Advance (Chicago) 21 Dec, Washington Street lays<br />
aside entirely the villagey aspect commonly a.-icribed to it.<br />
1889 A. T. Pask Eyes 'i'hames loo The quiet watersidei- .so<br />
villagey, and all that kind of thing, you know.<br />
Villagflo, error ormispr. for vUiago Viliaco.<br />
i8ao Scott Monast. xv, Truly, good villagio, your question<br />
hath in it somewhat of embarrassment.<br />
Villain (vi-lan), sb. Forms: a, 4 vyleyn, 6<br />
viUein(e ; 4 vilaine, 4-5 vylayn (5 vil-), .^-6<br />
vylayne; 5 vyllayn, 6 -ayne, -aine, 5-7 villayne<br />
(7 -ayn), 6-7 villaine, 7- villain. &. 4<br />
velaun, 6 vyl-, vilane {Sc. veill-, vill-, willane),<br />
villan, weUantt-,7 villiane, 7-8 villian, 8 villin.<br />
[a. AF. and OF. vHein, vilain^ villain ( = Prov.<br />
vilatif It. and Sp. villanOf Pg. z'/V/rti)):— popL.<br />
*viilan-um, ace, sing, of *villanus (see Villains<br />
fl.), f. L. villa Villa. See also Villein.]<br />
1. Originally, a low-born base-minded rustic ;<br />
a man of ignoble ideas or instincts; in later use,<br />
an unprincipled or depraved scoundrel ; a man<br />
naturally disposed to base or criminal actions, or<br />
deeply involved in the commission of disgraceful<br />
crimes: a. Used as a term of opprobrious address.<br />
1303 R. Brusnk liandl. Synne 11557 Goddys treytonr,<br />
and ry^t vyieyn ! Hast ^ou no myndeof Marye Maudeleyn,<br />
1320-30 Horn Ch. (Riison) 857 The begger answered in<br />
that tide, Vilaine, cunestow nought ride? c 1380 Sir<br />
Ferutnb, '<br />
54^1 panne he cryde and gan to sayn : Whar ait<br />
bow, Chariis, pow vylayn?' 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i.<br />
Ivii, Ane me fand, quhilk said, and greit disden^eit, ' Auant<br />
veillane, thow reclus impertite '. CIS90 Marlowe Faustus<br />
vi, Villaine haue I not bound thee to lel me any thing?<br />
1596 Shaks. Tani. Shr. i. ii. 20 Now knocke when I bid<br />
you: sirrah villaine. x6aa Massingbr & Drkkeh Virg.<br />
Martyr iv. iii, Theoph, It matters not. We can discharge<br />
this work without his help. . ..S'a^. Villain ! 1663 CowLtv<br />
Cutter Coleman St, v. xii, Villain, Rebel, Traitor, out o'<br />
my sight. 1764 H. Walpole Otranto i, Presumptuous<br />
villain ! cried Manfred, dost thou provoke my wrath? i8jx<br />
Scott Kenilw, xli, Drunken villain,, .thy idleness and<br />
debauched folly will stretch a halter ere it be long. 185S<br />
KiNGSLEV West^u. Hoi w^'' Villain ! give me your papers<br />
cried Amyas.<br />
b. In descriptive use. (Common from c 1590.)<br />
a. ^1400 Rom, Rose 2183 Tbise vilayns arn withouten<br />
pitee, Frendship, love, and alle bounty. I nyl ressey ve unto<br />
my servise Hem that ben vilayns of emprise. 1474 Caxton<br />
Chesse ni. iii. (1883} 99 They .anr.werd to hym that he was<br />
a vylayne to requyre & desire of them thynge that was so<br />
peryllous. 1483 — G, de la Tour h vij, For he is a chorle<br />
and a vylayne that of his mouthe sayth ony vylony. 1509<br />
liARCLAV Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 182 In all the worlde<br />
nought vyier can I fynde Nor wors, than is a fals unkynde<br />
vylayne. « 1533 Ltj. Hicrners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546)<br />
E vij 1), The greateste vyilany in a villayne is to be gyuen<br />
in largesse of lyes. 1590 Shaks. Com. Err. v. i. 29 Thou art<br />
a Villaine to impeach me thus, He proue mine honor, and<br />
mine honestie Against thee presently, if tliou dar'st stand.<br />
i6a4 Capt. Smith Virginia in. 84 Ihe two most exact<br />
villaines in all the Country. 1719 De Foe Crusoe 1. (Globe)<br />
a6o He told me there were two desperate Villains among<br />
them, that it was scarce safe to shew any Mercy to. 1769<br />
Junius Lett, xv. (1788) 89 Every villain fancies himself a<br />
man of abilities. 1813 Byron Corsair i. xi. He knew himself<br />
a villain— but he deem'd The rest no better than the<br />
tiling he seem'd. a 1843 Arnold Hist, Later Rom. Coj/tmw.<br />
(1845) II. 56 The soldiers.. told him that, .if he played the<br />
villain he might win the throne. 1869 Ruskin Q. ofAir<br />
§ 128 They are not made villains by the commission of a<br />
crime, but were villains before they committed it.<br />
transf. 1691 Hartcliffe Virtues 241 Thus they slander<br />
Human Nature, and make a Villain of it.<br />
/3. 1535 Coverdale Job xxx. 8 They were the children of<br />
fooles & vylanes, which are deed awaye from the worlde.<br />
1570 Satir. Poems Reform. (S.T.S.) xiii. 95 Wa worth ^ow<br />
Uillanis that slew that Prince maist wise. 1573 Nottingham<br />
Rec. IV. 154 For be-callyng the Constabelles knaves and<br />
wellanttes. 1593 Harvev Piercers Super. Wks. (Grosart)<br />
II. 319 The Straunge Newes of the railing Villan. 1598 B.<br />
JoNsoN Ev, Man in Hum. (Q.'j v, Gui. 1 obey thee varlet j<br />
but for these villianes—. Mus. Keepe the peace I charge<br />
you sir. 1678 Bunyan Pilgr, i. 132 He hath not been<br />
afraid to rail on you, my Lord,, .calling you an ungodly<br />
Villian. 1704 Hlair in \V. S. Perry Hist, Coll, Amer. Col,<br />
Ch. I. 132 Several of them of the most noted good preachers<br />
he afTronted and abused with the most opprobrious &<br />
villifying names as Dog, Rogue, Rascal, Villin, Jesuit.<br />
1717 Philip Quarll (1816) 66 'i'hose villians had most<br />
sacrilegiously rifled and ransacked his habitation.<br />
C. Used playfully, or without serious imputation<br />
of bad qualities. Also applied to a woman.<br />
1590 Shaks. Com, Err. \. ii. 19 A irustie villaine sir, that<br />
very oft. . Lightens my humour with his merry lests. i6ot<br />
— Tn>el. N, 11. v. 16 Enter Maria. , . Heere comes the little<br />
villaine : How now my Mettle of India '? 1606 — Tr.
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