villent

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein, from Late Latin villanus. Unetymological -t was added to suppress -llen, compare dellen, delleen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɪˈlɛnt/

Noun

villent

  1. villain

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75
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