Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ignorant – illume
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ignorant, adj. [Fr. < L. ignōrāre, not to know.] (webplay: done, poor, unknown).
- Innocent; childlike; blameless; unworldly; free from knowledge of evil.
- Untaught; uninformed; uninstructed; artless; natural.
- Unsure; not certain.
- Unenlightened; unknowing; undiscovered; unconscious of; innocent.
ignore (-s), v. [see ignorant, adj.]
- Consciously avoid.
- Exclude; deny.
- Disregard; not to take notice of.
ill, adj. [ON illr, ill, bad, wicked, difficult, injurious.] (webplay: air, looks).
- Sick; ailing.
- Uncomfortable; unnatural; awkward; strange; out of sorts.
- Sick; not well; [fig.] thirsty.
- Weak; disabled; indisposed; afflicted; suffering; physically unhealthy.
- Phrase. “ill at ease”: uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious.
ill, adv. [see ill, adj.] (webplay: ease, human).
- Badly; poorly.
- Phrase. “It ill becometh me”: It makes me look bad; it does not reflect well on me; it represents me poorly.
ill, n. [see ill, adj.] (webplay: human, nature, pain, well).
Pain; agony; distress; [fig.] evil spirit as cause of affliction.
illegible, adj. [see legible, adj.]
Unreadable; incomprehensible; indecipherable.
illegitimate, adj. [see legitimate, adj.]
Disingenuous; improper; unlawful; unconventional; not authorized; contrary to law; out of place.
illness, n. [see ill, adj.]
Sickness; malady; disorder of health.
illocality, n. [L. illocālis, not local, out of place, see local, adj.]
Nowhere; unspecified position; indefinite location; lack of distinct place; [fig.] randomness; haphazardness; chance; accident; chaos.
illume, n. [poetical shortening of illumine < Fr. < L. illūmināre.; NW lists a verb; ED uses it as a noun.]
Light; lantern; lamp; candle; [fig.] help; aid.