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Etymology

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ultra- +‎ villain

Noun

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ultravillain (plural ultravillains)

  1. supervillain
    • 2015 August 6, A. O. Scott, “Review: ‘Fantastic Four,’ the Reboot (Wanted or Not)”, in New York Times[1]:
      There is nothing wrong with that kind of line — he’s a newly fledged ultravillain in a comic-book movie, after all — but it needs to be earned, with gravity or wit.