archvillain
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Etymology edit
arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + villain
Noun edit
archvillain (plural archvillains, feminine archvillainess)
- (chiefly narratology) A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- 2009 January 6, Clyde Haberman, “We Know About the Mess. Please, Clean Up Carefully.”, in New York Times[1]:
- Madoff is the season's archvillain, accused of having run a Ponzi scheme so vast that future generations may well describe similar swindles as Madoff schemes.
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a supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain
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