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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɪl.ən/, /ˈvɪl.jən/ [dialectal] Audio: en-us-villain.ogg Forms: villains [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlən Etymology: Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vilein}} Middle English vilein, {{der|en|fro|vilein}} Old French vilein, {{cog|fr|vilain}} French vilain, {{der|en|LL.|villanus}} Late Latin villanus, {{der|en|la|villa}} Latin villa, {{doublet|en|villein}} Doublet of villein Head templates: {{en-noun}} villain (plural villains)
  1. A vile, wicked person.
    An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
    Sense id: en-villain-en-noun-9h6TR6~B
  2. A vile, wicked person.
    A deliberate scoundrel.
    Translations (scoundrel): skurk (Afrikaans), bɔnefoɔ (Akan), horr [masculine] (Albanian), شِرِّير (širrīr) [masculine] (Arabic), սրիկա (srika) (Armenian), cani (Azerbaijani), rəzil (Azerbaijani), ліхадзе́й (lixadzjéj) [masculine] (Belarusian), злачы́нец (zlačýnjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), подле́ц (podléc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), него́дник (negódnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), хулюҗин (huli͡užin) [Dungan] (Chinese), 惡棍 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶棍 (ègùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 坏家伙 (huàijiāhuo) (Chinese Mandarin), 混混兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 混混儿 (hùnhùnr) [Northern-Mandarin] (Chinese Mandarin), 壞蛋 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏蛋 (huàidàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無籟 (Chinese Mandarin), 无籁 (wúlài) (Chinese Mandarin), 渾蛋 (Chinese Mandarin), 浑蛋 (húndàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 流氓 (liúmáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 壞人 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏人 (huàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), padouch [masculine] (Czech), darebák [masculine] (Czech), lump [masculine] (Czech), lotr [masculine] (Czech), zlosyn [masculine] (Czech), ničema [masculine] (Czech), skurk [common-gender] (Danish), slyngel [common-gender] (Danish), schurk [masculine] (Dutch), slechterik [masculine] (Dutch), abomenulo (Esperanto), kanajlo (Esperanto), kaabakas (Estonian), lurjus (Estonian), roisto (Finnish), konna (Finnish), lurjus (Finnish), kelmi (Finnish), ilkimys (Finnish), scélérat [masculine] (French), vilán (Galician), vilán [masculine] (Galician), ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi) (Georgian), არამზადა (aramzada) (Georgian), Schurke [masculine] (German), Gauner [masculine] (German), Halunke [masculine] (German), παλιάνθρωπος (paliánthropos) [masculine] (Greek), κάθαρμα (kátharma) [neuter] (Greek), נָבָל (navál) [masculine] (Hebrew), खलनायक (khalnāyak) [masculine] (Hindi), gazember (Hungarian), kriminanto (Ido), kriminero (Ido), kanalio (Ido), penjahat (Indonesian), scelerato (Interlingua), bithiúnach [masculine] (Irish), canaglia [feminine] (Italian), furfante [masculine] (Italian), mascalzone [masculine] (Italian), farabutto [masculine] (Italian), criminale (Italian), scellerato [masculine] (Italian), 悪人 (akunin) (alt: あくにん) (Japanese), 悪党 (akutō) (alt: あくとう) (Japanese), 悪漢 (akkan) (alt: あっかん) (Japanese), ಪೋಕ (pōka) (Kannada), ಹೋಕ (hōka) (Kannada), ಪೋಕರಿ (pōkari) (Kannada), жауыз (jauyz) (Kazakh), дұшпан (dūşpan) (Kazakh), залым (zalym) (Kazakh), сұм (sūm) (Kazakh), 악인 (agin) (alt: 惡人) (Korean), 악당 (akdang) (alt: 惡黨) (Korean), 악한 (akhan) (alt: 惡漢) (Korean), шум (şum) (Kyrgyz), шумпай (şumpay) (Kyrgyz), ຄົນຮ້າຍ (khonhai) (Lao), scelestus [masculine] (Latin), scelesta [feminine] (Latin), nelietis [masculine] (Latvian), piktadarys [masculine] (Lithuanian), никаквец (nikakvec) [masculine] (Macedonian), злобник (zlobnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), penjahat (Malay), വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) (Malayalam), ചതിയൻ (catiyaṉ) (Malayalam), കുറുക്കൻ (kuṟukkaṉ) (Malayalam), whiro (Maori), sot (Middle English), ájígaléidii (Navajo), skurk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ଭିଲେନ୍ (bhilen) (Odia), شریر (šarir) (Persian), شرور (šorur) (Persian), رذل (razl) (Persian), جنایتکار (jenâyatkâr) (Persian), مجرم (mojrem) (Persian), łotr [masculine] (Polish), łajdak [masculine] (Polish), złoczyńca [masculine] (Polish), vilão [masculine] (Portuguese), salafrário [masculine] (Portuguese), patife [masculine] (Portuguese), mișel [masculine] (Romanian), ticălos [masculine] (Romanian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Russian), негодя́й (negodjáj) [masculine] (Russian), мерза́вец (merzávec) [masculine] (Russian), подле́ц (podléc) [masculine] (Russian), лиходе́й (lixodéj) [dated, masculine] (Russian), зло̏бнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zlȍbnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zloduch [masculine] (Slovak), lump [masculine] (Slovak), lotor [masculine] (Slovak), zlosyn [masculine] (Slovak), hudobnež [masculine] (Slovene), zlobnež [masculine] (Slovene), villano [masculine] (Spanish), mhalifu (Swahili), skurk [common-gender] (Swedish), bov [common-gender] (Swedish), ҷинояткор (jinoyatkor) (Tajik), шарир (šarir) (Tajik), విలన్ (vilan) (Telugu), ผู้ร้าย (pûu-ráai) (Thai), วายร้าย (waai-ráai) (Thai), muxanisi (Tsonga), cani (Turkish), kötü adam (Turkish), hain (Turkish), лиході́й (lyxodíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), злочи́нець (zločýnecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), jinoyatchi (Uzbek), kẻ tàn ác (Vietnamese), ragat [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. A vile, wicked person.
    Sense id: en-villain-en-noun-kd7hux5a
  4. (archaic, derogatory) A low-born, abject person. Tags: archaic, derogatory Categories (topical): Stock characters
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  5. (fiction) In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent. Wikidata QID: Q290691 Categories (topical): Fiction, Fiction, People Synonyms: antagonist, villain
    Sense id: en-villain-en-noun-en:Q290691 Disambiguation of Fiction: 4 4 4 2 79 3 3 0 Disambiguation of People: 15 0 0 6 34 20 26 0 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
  6. (poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”). Categories (topical): Poker
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  7. Archaic form of villein (“feudal tenant, peasant, serf”). Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: villein (extra: feudal tenant, peasant, serf) Translations (a peasant free of serfdom): vilain [masculine] (French), paysan [masculine] (French), vilán [masculine] (Galician), ვასალი (vasali) (Georgian), vassallo [masculine] (Italian), servo feudale [masculine] (Italian), വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) (Malayalam), رعیت (ra'yat) (Persian), vilão [masculine] (Portuguese), șerb [masculine] (Romanian), iobag [masculine] (Romanian), vecin [masculine] (Romanian), васса́л (vassál) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-villain-en-noun-z4udolkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 31 7 17 27 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 3 34 3 18 32 3 Disambiguation of 'a peasant free of serfdom': 4 2 2 9 11 7 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: git Hyponyms: antagonist, anti-villain, chav, criminal, deceiver, troublemaker, supervillain, villainess Derived forms: anti-villain, Bond villain, chillin' like a villain, James Bond villain, pantomime villain, supervillain, villainess, villainise, villainize, villain of the week Related terms: villein, bad, badness, jerk, evil, villainy Translations (bad person in a stage or screen play): skurk (Afrikaans), شِرِّير (širrīr) [masculine] (Arabic), չարագործ (čʻaragorc) (Armenian), ліхадзе́й (lixadzjéj) [masculine] (Belarusian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vilà [masculine] (Catalan), хулюҗин (huli͡užin) [Dungan] (Chinese), 惡棍角色 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶棍角色 (ègùn juésè) (Chinese Mandarin), 奸角 (jiānjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 反派 (fǎnpài) (Chinese Mandarin), záporný hrdina [masculine] (Czech), skurk [common-gender] (Danish), slechterik [masculine] (Dutch), konna (Finnish), roisto (Finnish), pahis [colloquial] (Finnish), méchant [masculine] (French), vilán [masculine] (Galician), ბოროტმოქმედი (boroṭmokmedi) (Georgian), Bösewicht [masculine] (German), (fam) Oberböse [masculine] (German), Schurke [masculine] (German), κακός (kakós) [masculine] (Greek), נָבָל (navál) [masculine] (Hebrew), खलनायक (khalnāyak) [masculine] (Hindi), gonosz (Hungarian), gonosztevő (Hungarian), bithiúnach [masculine] (Irish), il cattivo [masculine] (Italian), 悪役 (akuyaku) (alt: あくやく) (Japanese), ಪೋಕ (pōka) (Kannada), ಹೋಕ (hōka) (Kannada), ಪೋಕರಿ (pōkari) (Kannada), жауыз (jauyz) (Kazakh), 악역 (agyeok) (alt: 惡役) (Korean), 악당 (akdang) (alt: 惡黨) (Korean), carnifex (Latin), scelerātus (Latin), persona negativa (Latin), никаквец (nikakvec) [masculine] (Macedonian), негати́вец (negatívec) [masculine] (Macedonian), злобник (zlobnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), penjahat (Malay), വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) (Malayalam), ചതിയൻ (catiyaṉ) (Malayalam), കുറുക്കൻ (kuṟukkaṉ) (Malayalam), ájígaléidii (Navajo), بدذات (bad-zât) (Persian), czarny charakter [masculine] (Polish), złol [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), złoczyńca [masculine] (Polish), vilão [masculine] (Portuguese), spirit rău [neuter] (Romanian), viclean [masculine] (Romanian), răufăcător [masculine] (Romanian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Russian), отрица́тельный геро́й (otricátelʹnyj gerój) [masculine] (Russian), негати́вац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), negatívac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), negativec [masculine] (Slovene), villano [masculine] (Spanish), mhalifu (Swahili), skurk [common-gender] (Swedish), bov [common-gender] (Swedish), лиході́й (lyxodíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nhân vật phản diện (Vietnamese)
Synonyms: knave, rascal, scamp, cad, antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, blackguard, bounder, coistril [obsolete], evildoer, fustilarian [obsolete], harlot [obsolete], heavy, lidderon [archaic, dialectal, rare], makeshift [obsolete], miscreant, ne'er-do-well, niding [archaic], nithing [archaic], rapscallion, rogue, scab, scapegrace, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, thug, undesirable, varlet, villain, villan [archaic] Disambiguation of 'bad person in a stage or screen play': 22 22 22 21 8 3 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈvɪl.ən/, /ˈvɪl.jən/ [dialectal] Audio: en-us-villain.ogg Forms: villains [present, singular, third-person], villaining [participle, present], villained [participle, past], villained [past]
Rhymes: -ɪlən Etymology: Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vilein}} Middle English vilein, {{der|en|fro|vilein}} Old French vilein, {{cog|fr|vilain}} French vilain, {{der|en|LL.|villanus}} Late Latin villanus, {{der|en|la|villa}} Latin villa, {{doublet|en|villein}} Doublet of villein Head templates: {{en-verb}} villain (third-person singular simple present villains, present participle villaining, simple past and past participle villained)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To debase; to degrade. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-villain-en-verb-zG22DliN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: villan [archaic]

Noun [Finnish]

Head templates: {{head|fi|noun form}} villain
  1. (dated) genitive plural of villa Tags: dated, form-of, genitive, plural Form of: villa Synonyms: villojen
    Sense id: en-villain-fi-noun-Wxmc9zIT Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old French]

Forms: villain oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], villainz [oblique, plural], villainz [nominative, singular], villain [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} villain oblique singular, m (oblique plural villainz, nominative singular villainz, nominative plural villain)
  1. Alternative form of vilain Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: vilain
    Sense id: en-villain-fro-noun-iBRPcvZp Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "skurk"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "word": "rəzil"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "惡棍"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ègùn",
          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "恶棍"
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          "roman": "huàijiāhuo",
          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "坏家伙"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "混混兒"
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          "word": "無籟"
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          "word": "渾蛋"
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          "word": "浑蛋"
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          "word": "流氓"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "ბოროტმოქმედი"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "არამზადა"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "word": "खलनायक"
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          "word": "kriminero"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
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          "word": "悪党"
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          "sense": "scoundrel",
          "word": "ຄົນຮ້າຍ"
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      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "惡棍角色"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ègùn juésè",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "恶棍角色"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānjiǎo",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "奸角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnpài",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "反派"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záporný hrdina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slechterik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "konna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "roisto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "pahis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méchant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "boroṭmokmedi",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ბოროტმოქმედი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bösewicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "(fam) Oberböse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schurke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakós",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κακός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "navál",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נָבָל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khalnāyak",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खलनायक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "gonosz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "gonosztevő"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bithiúnach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "il cattivo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "alt": "あくやく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akuyaku",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "悪役"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pōka",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ಪೋಕ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "hōka",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ಹೋಕ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pōkari",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ಪೋಕರಿ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jauyz",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "жауыз"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "alt": "惡役",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "agyeok",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "악역"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "alt": "惡黨",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "akdang",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "악당"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "carnifex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "scelerātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "persona negativa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nikakvec",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "никаквец"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "negatívec",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "негати́вец"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlobnik",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злобник"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "penjahat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vañcakaṉ",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "വഞ്ചകൻ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "catiyaṉ",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ചതിയൻ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟukkaṉ",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "കുറുക്കൻ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "ájígaléidii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bad-zât",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "بدذات"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarny charakter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złoczyńca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spirit rău"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viclean"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "răufăcător"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlodéj",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоде́й"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otricátelʹnyj gerój",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отрица́тельный геро́й"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "негати́вац"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negatívac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negativec"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "villano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "mhalifu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bov"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyxodíj",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лиході́й"
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    {
      "_dis1": "22 22 22 21 8 3 2",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "nhân vật phản diện"
    }
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    "Count Dracula",
    "Darth Vader",
    "Dracula",
    "Harry Potter",
    "Lady Macbeth",
    "Macbeth",
    "Macbeth (character)",
    "Othello",
    "Sauron",
    "Star Wars",
    "The BFG",
    "The Hobbit",
    "The Lord of the Rings",
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    "Darth Vader",
    "Dracula",
    "Harry Potter",
    "Lady Macbeth",
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    "Othello",
    "Sauron",
    "Star Wars",
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}

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          "text": "Oh moſt pernicious woman! / Oh Villaine, Villaine, ſmiling damned Villaine!",
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          "text": "Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue:\nI tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe\nHaue to their names tytles of dignitie,\nAnd dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?",
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          "text": "Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lump"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lotr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlosyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ničema"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slyngel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slechterik"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "abomenulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kanajlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kaabakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "lurjus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "roisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "konna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "lurjus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kelmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ilkimys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scélérat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "vilán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "boroṭmokmedi",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ბოროტმოქმედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aramzada",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "არამზადა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schurke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gauner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halunke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paliánthropos",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παλιάνθρωπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kátharma",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κάθαρμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "navál",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נָבָל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khalnāyak",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खलनायक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "gazember"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kriminanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kriminero"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kanalio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "penjahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "scelerato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bithiúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canaglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furfante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mascalzone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farabutto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "criminale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scellerato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akunin",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "悪人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akutō",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "悪党"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akkan",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "悪漢"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pōka",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ಪೋಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "hōka",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ಹೋಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pōkari",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ಪೋಕರಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jauyz",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "жауыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dūşpan",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "дұшпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zalym",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "залым"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sūm",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "сұм"
    },
    {
      "alt": "惡人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "agin",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "악인"
    },
    {
      "alt": "惡黨",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "akdang",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "악당"
    },
    {
      "alt": "惡漢",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "akhan",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "악한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "şum",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "шум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "şumpay",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "шумпай"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khonhai",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ຄົນຮ້າຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scelestus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scelesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nelietis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piktadarys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nikakvec",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "никаквец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlobnik",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злобник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "penjahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vañcakaṉ",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "വഞ്ചകൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "catiyaṉ",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ചതിയൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟukkaṉ",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "കുറുക്കൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "whiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "sot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ájígaléidii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "bhilen",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ଭିଲେନ୍"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šarir",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "شریر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šorur",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "شرور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "razl",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "رذل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jenâyatkâr",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "جنایتکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mojrem",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "مجرم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łotr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łajdak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złoczyńca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salafrário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patife"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mișel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ticălos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlodéj",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "negodjáj",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "негодя́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "merzávec",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мерза́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podléc",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подле́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lixodéj",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лиходе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зло̏бнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlȍbnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zloduch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lump"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lotor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlosyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hudobnež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zlobnež"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "villano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "mhalifu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bov"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jinoyatkor",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ҷинояткор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šarir",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "шарир"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vilan",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "విలన్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-ráai",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "ผู้ร้าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "waai-ráai",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "วายร้าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "ts",
      "lang": "Tsonga",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "muxanisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "cani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kötü adam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "hain"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyxodíj",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лиході́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zločýnecʹ",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злочи́нець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "jinoyatchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "word": "kẻ tàn ác"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "scoundrel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ragat"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "skurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "širrīr",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شِرِّير"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čʻaragorc",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "word": "չարագործ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lixadzjéj",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ліхадзе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zlodéj",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bad person in a stage or screen play",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilà"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "it",
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Finnish dated terms",
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish non-lemma forms",
        "Finnish noun forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        }
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        "genitive plural of villa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "villa",
          "villa#Finnish"
        ]
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        "(dated) genitive plural of villa"
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "villain oblique singular or",
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "villainz",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "villainz",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "villain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
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      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "vilain"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of vilain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vilain",
          "vilain#Old_French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "villain"
}

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  "msg": "''A vile, wicked person.'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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}

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  "path": [
    "villain"
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "villain",
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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'villain oblique singular or' in 'villain oblique singular, m (oblique plural villainz, nominative singular villainz, nominative plural villain)'",
  "path": [
    "villain"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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