† vileheadn.
Obsolete. rare.
Vileness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [noun]
shendfulness?c1225
vilety?c1225
vilehead1340
wretchedness1389
caitifness1393
caitifhedea1400
caitiftya1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
vilitya1425
vileness1526
lousiness1530
infamya1535
baseness1548
vildness1597
shabbiness1711
piggery1854
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness
vilety?c1225
villainy?c1225
vilehead1340
caitiftya1400
vilitya1425
ignoblenessc1450
ignobility?a1475
vileness1526
baseness1537
dunghillry1581
base-mindedness1582
vildness1597
beggarya1616
lowness1652
villainya1719
caddishness1868
bounderishness1899
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 130 Huanne þe man..knauþ his pourehede, þe vilhede, þe brotelhede of his beringe.
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