Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Ill
ill, adj. [ON illr, ill, bad, wicked, difficult, injurious.] (webplay: air, looks).
- Uncomfortable; unnatural; awkward.
- Not well; sick
- Weak, morally and/or physically; unenduring [word play on endure < in OFr withstand (pain, hardship).]
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