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vility en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From vile + -ity, from Latin vīlitās: compare French vileté, Middle French vilité, Old French vilté.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being vile or base.
    • 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. 1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome: