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61vil|la|nel|la — «VIHL uh NEHL uh», noun, plural nel|las, nel|le « NEHL ay». 1. a) an unaccompanied Italian part song of a light and rustic nature, forerunner of the madrigal. b) a light, less contrapuntal madrigal. 2. a brisk, gay air, or the old rustic dance… …
62vil|la|nelle — «VIHL uh NEHL», noun. a fixed form of pastoral or lyric poetry normally consisting of 19 lines with two rhymes, written in five three line stanzas (tercets) and a final quatrain: »A dainty thing s the villanelle, Sly, musical, a jewel in rhyme… …
63Vil|la|no|van — «VIHL uh NOH vuhn», adjective. of or having to do with the early Iron Age in Italy, dating from about 1000 B.C.: »an eighth century B.C. Villanovan…handle in the form of a stylized bull with a smaller one on its back (London Times). ╂[<… …
64vil|lat|ic — «vih LAT ihk», adjective. of or having to do with a villa or farm; rural; rustic: »tame, villatic fowl (Milton). ╂[< Latin vīllāticus < vīlla country house, village] …
65vil|lein — «VIHL uhn», noun. one of a class of half free peasants in the European feudal system in the Middle Ages; villain. A villein was under the control of his lord, but in his relations with other men had the rights of a freeman. ╂[Middle English… …
66vil|li|form — «VIHL uh fawrm», adjective. having the form of villi; so shaped, numerous, slender, and closely set as to resemble the plush or pile of velvet, as the teeth of certain fishes …
67vil|lose — «VIHL ohs», adjective. = villous. (Cf. ↑villous) …
68vil|los|i|ty — «vih LOS uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. villous condition. 2. a villous formation, surface, or coating. 3. a number of villi together. 4. a villus …
69vil|lus — «VIHL uhs», noun. singular of villi …
70vil·lain — /ˈvılən/ noun, pl lains [count] 1 : a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things comic book heroes and villains He plays the villain in most of his movies. 2 somewhat old fashioned : a person who does bad things …
