Vile
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"Nothing is really beautiful but that which cannot be made use of; everything that is useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and the needs of man are vile and disgusting, like his poor, weak nature.--The most useful part of a house is the privy."--Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) by Théophile Gautier |
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Having a bad reputation; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer. Morally low; base; despicable.
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Etymology
From Latin vilis
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