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51vil|lage|less — «VIHL ihj lihs», adjective. having no village …
52vil|lag|er — «VIHL uh juhr», noun. a person who lives in a village …
53vil|lage — «VIHL ihj», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a) a group of houses, usually smaller than a town, and often comprising a small municipality with limited corporate powers. b) any group of people living together in separate, and usually rude, dwellings: »an… …
54vil|lag|i|za|tion — «VIHL uh juh ZAY shuhn», noun. (in parts of South Africa and Asia) the placement of land under the control of villages …
55vil|lain|age — «VIHL uh nihj», noun. = villeinage. (Cf. ↑villeinage) …
56vil|lain|ess — «VIHL uh nihs», noun. a woman villain …
57vil|lain|ize — «VIHL uh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make villainous; debase or degrade: »Those writings which villainize mankind have a pernicious tendency towards propagating and protecting villainy (Edmund Law). 2. to treat or revile as villainous… …
58vil|lain|y — «VIHL uh nee», noun, plural lain|ies. 1. great wickedness: »There was no manifest villainy about this woman (New Yorker). SYNONYM(S): baseness, rascality, infam 2. a very wicked act; crime. 3. Obsolete …
59vil|lain — «VIHL uhn», noun. 1. a very wicked person; scoundrel; knave: »The villain stole the money and cast the blame on his friend. SYNONYM(S): miscreant, reprobate, malefactor. 2. a playful name for a mischievous person. 3. a) a character in a play,… …
60vil|lan|age — «VIHL uh nihj», noun. = villeinage. (Cf. ↑villeinage) …
