Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Morally low; base; despicable. · Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid; disgusting.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThat which is vile; vileness.
From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.
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