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41vil|i|pend — «VIHL uh pehnd», transitive verb. 1. to regard as having little value or consequence; treat contemptuously: »A youth…vilipends the conversation and advice of his seniors (Scott). 2. to speak with contempt; abuse; vilify: »to vilipend a rival.… …
42vil|lag|y — vil|lage|y or vil|lag|y «VIHL uh jee», adjective. characteristic of or somewhat like a village: »“I love this neighborhood,” she says. “It s so informal and villagey” (New York Times). The East End is very villagy (London Times) …
43vil|lage|y — or vil|lag|y «VIHL uh jee», adjective. characteristic of or somewhat like a village: »“I love this neighborhood,” she says. “It s so informal and villagey” (New York Times). The East End is very villagy (London Times) …
44vil|len|age — vil|lein|age or vil|len|age «VIHL uh nihj», noun. 1. the fact or state of being a villein. 2. the conditions under which a villein held his land. Also, villainage, villanage. ╂[< Anglo French, Old French villenage < vilein (see etym. under …
45vil|lein|age — or vil|len|age «VIHL uh nihj», noun. 1. the fact or state of being a villein. 2. the conditions under which a villein held his land. Also, villainage, villanage. ╂[< Anglo French, Old French villenage < vilein (see etym. under …
46vil´lous|ly — vil|lous «VIHL uhs», adjective. 1. having villi; covered with villi, especially covered with long, soft hairs, as parts of certain plants are. 2. like villi. ╂[< Latin villōsus shaggy < villus; see etym. under villi (Cf. ↑villi)]… …
47vil|lous — «VIHL uhs», adjective. 1. having villi; covered with villi, especially covered with long, soft hairs, as parts of certain plants are. 2. like villi. ╂[< Latin villōsus shaggy < villus; see etym. under villi (Cf. ↑villi)] –vil´lous|ly,… …
48vil|i|fi|ca|tion — «VIHL uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. the action of vilifying or fact of being vilified: »She defends her lovers from the vilification of the chroniclers (Atlantic) …
49vil|la|dom — «VIHL uh duhm», noun. 1. suburban villas or their residents collectively. 2. Figurative. a smug, narrow minded, and moderately prosperous suburban society …
50Vil|la|fran|chi|an — «VIHL uh FRAN chee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. the early part of the Pleistocene: »[His] estimated date of 1.6 million years for the Pleistocene was the Pleistocene as then defined, and not the Pleistocene including the whole of the Villafranchian …
