Lore EA villain
Medieval Latin (11th-15th century) villanus "feudal tenant, farmhand"
from Latin villa "country house, farm"
1340, "deficient in courtesy or good breeding; boorish, clownish;
base in character or disposition; given to committing vile or criminal acts"
1483, "low or mean in respect of birth or position; belonging to the common herd"
1485, of occupations: "low, mean"
1607, as an adjective, "of bad quality; vile"
1616, arch-villain "chief villain, begetter or ringleader of villainy"
1895, "a person or animal of a troublesome character in some respect"
The most important phases of the sense development of this word may be summed up as follows: 'inhabitant of a farm; peasant; churl, boor; clown; miser; knave, scoundrel'.
Today both French vilain and English villain are used only in a pejorative sense.
Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language
“There are those who see all humans as animals, fancying themselves their masters. It’s rather simplistic but, from their point of view, there is stock — that’s humans who are in some way useful to them — then there are pets, and there are beasts, referring to any and all who are not part of their paradigm. Living independently, as autonomous, autarkic, self-determining individuals, outside of their system — for them — we qualify as beasts. That is all! They have various names for free beings. Beasts, villains, savages, barbarians, heathen.”
"Originals"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
