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villainous (adj.)
c. 1300, "offensive, abusive," from Old French
vileneus
"worthless, base," from
vilain
(see
villain
). Sense of "despicable, shameful, morally corrupt" is from c. 1400 in English. Related:
Villainously
;
villainousness
.
