vility
English
Etymology
From vile + -ity, from Latin vīlitās: compare French vileté, Middle French vilité, Old French vilté.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- “vility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vility”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Vility”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.