Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ILL-MEAN-ING, a.

Meaning ill or evil.

ILL-MODEL-ED, a.

Badly modeled.

ILL-NATURE, n. [ill and nature.]

Crossness; crabbedness; habitual bad temper, or want of kindness; fractiousness. South.

ILL-NA'TUR-ED, a.

1. Cross; crabbed; surly; intractable; of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious. An ill-natured person may. disturb the harmony of a whole parish.
2. That indicates ill-nature. The ill-natured task refuse. Addison.
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture; as, ill-natured land. [Not legitimate.] Philips.

ILL-NA'TUR-ED-LY, adv.

In a peevish or forward manner; grossly; unkindly.

ILL-NA'TUR-ED-NESS, n.

Crossness; want of a kind disposition.

ILL'NESS, n. [from ill.]

1. Badness; unfavorableness; as, the illness of the weather. [Not used.] Lae.
2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness. He has recovered from his illness.
3. Wickedness; iniquity; wrong moral conduct. Shak.

IL-LOG'IC-AL, a. [See Logical.]

1. Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant.
2. Contrary to the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference.

IL-LOGIC-AL-LY, adv.

In a manner contrary to the rules of correct reasoning.

IL-LOGIC-AL-NESS, n.

Contrariety to sound reasoning. Hammond.

ILL-OMEN-ED, a.

Having unlucky omens. Neele.

ILL'PIEC-ED, a.

Not well pieced. Burke.

ILL-PRO-POR-TION-ED, a.

Not well proportioned.

ILL-PRO-VID-ED, u.

Not well provided.

ILL-RE-QUIT-ED, a.

Not well requited.;

ILL-SORT'ED, a.

Nut well sorted.

ILL-SORTING, a.

Not well sorting.

ILL'STAR-RED, a. [ill and star.]

Fated to be unfortunate. Beddoes.

ILL-STOR-ED, a.

Nut well stored.

ILL-SUP-PRESS-ED, a.

Improperly suppressed.

ILL-TIME, v.t.

To do or attempt at an unsuitable time.

ILL-TIM-ED, a.

Done or said at an unsuitable time.

ILL'-TRAIN-ED, a.

Not well trained or disciplined. Mitford.

IL-LUDE, v.t. [L. aludo; in and ludo, to play. See Ludicrous.]

To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite hope and disappoint it.

IL-LUD-ED, pp.

Deceived; mocked.