vility
English edit
Etymology edit
vile + -ity, from Latin vīlitās: compare French vileté, Middle French vilité, Old French vilté.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vility
- (obsolete) The quality of being vile or base.
- 1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome:
- The Comedians wore these to represent the vility of the Persons they represented; as debauch'd young Sparks, old crazy Misers, Pimps, Parasites, Strumpets, and the rest of that Gang.
References edit
- “vility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “vility”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.