Obs. Also villiaco, vill-, viliago. [ad. It. vigliacco (= Pg. velhaco, Sp. bellaco, obs. F. viliaque, vieillaque):—pop.L. *vīliaccum, -us, f. L. vīlis vile.] A vile or contemptible person; a villain, scoundrel.
α. 1599. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Hum., V. iii. Now out, base viliaco! Thou my resolution!
1602. Dekker, Satirom., Wks. 1873, I. 187. Before they came near the great hall, the faint-hearted villiacoes sounded at least thrice.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Jacke-a-Lent, Wks. I. 115/2. Panders are plagued, and the chiefe Commanders of these valorous villiacoes … purchase the inheritance of a Jayle.
β. 1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., IV. viii. 48. Me thinkes alreadie in this ciuill broyle I see them Lording it in London streets, Crying Villiago vnto all they meete.
1607. Dekker & Webster, Sir T. Wyatt, E ij b. A Dondego is a desperate Viliago, a very Castilian, God blesse vs.
1651. Randolph’s Hey for Honesty, II. i. 10. Why you Villiago’s, my master has brought home an old lame … Dotard.
