Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IL-LIB'ER-AL-IZ-ING, ppr.

Making illiberal.

IL-LIB'ER-AL-LY, adv.

1. Ungenerously; uncandidly; charitably; disingenuously.
2. Parsimoniously.

IL-LIC'IT, a. [L. illicitus; in and licitus, from limo, to per- t.]

Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, an illicit trade; illicit intercourse or connection.

IL-LIC'IT-LY, adv.

Unlawfully.

ILLICIT-NESS, n.

Unlawfulness.

IL-LICT-OUS, a.

Unlawful.

IL-LIGHT-EN, v.t. [See Light, Lighten.]

To enlighten. [Not in use.] Ralegh.

ILL-IM-AGIN-ED, a.

Not well imagined.

IL-LIM-IT-ABLE, a. [in, not, and limit, or L. limes.]

That can not be limited or hounded; as, the illimitable void. Thomson:

IL-LIMIT-A-BLY, adv.

1. Without possibility of being bounded.
2. Without limits.

IL-LIM-IT-ATION, n.

The state of being illimitable.

IL-LIMIT-ED, a. [Fr. illimile; in and L. limes, a limit.]

Unbounded; not limited; interminsble. Bp. Hall.

IL-LIMIT-ED-NESS, n.

Boundlessness; the state of being without limits or restiction. The absoluteness of and illimitedness of his commission was much Clarendon.

ILL-IN-FORMED, a.

Not well informed.

IL-LI-NITION, n.

A rubbing in of an ointment or liniment.

IL-LI-NI'TION, n. [L. illinitus, illinio, to anoint; in and lino, to besmear.]

A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. It is sometimes disguised by a thin crust or illinition of black manganese. Kirwan.

IL-LIT'ER-A-CY, n. [from illiterale.]

The state of being untaught or unlearned; want of a knowledge of letters; ignorance. Encyc.

IL-LIT'ER-AL, a.

Not literal.

IL-LIT'ER-ATE, a. [L. illiteratus; in and literatus; from litera, a letter.]

Unlettered; ignorant of letters or books; untaught; unlearned; uninstructed in science; as, an illiterate man, nation or tribe. Wotton.

IL-LIT'ER-ATE-NESS, n.

Want of learning; ignorance of letters, books or science. Boyle.

IL-LIT'ER-A-TURE, n.

Want of learning. [Little used.] Ayliffe.

ILL-JUDGED, a.

Not well judged.

ILL-LIV-ED, a.

Leading a wicked life. [Little used.] Bp. Hall.

ILL-LOOK-ING, a.

Having a bad look.

ILL-MANNED, a.

Nut well furnished with men.