Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ILL-HAB'IT-ED, a.

Not well habited.

IL-LIB'ER-AL, a. [See Liberal.]

1. Not liberal; not free or generous.
2. Not noble; not ingenuous; not catholic; of a contracted mind. Cold in charity; in religion, illiberal. K. Charles.
3. Not candid; uncharitable in judging.
4. Not generous; not munificent; sparing of gifts. Woodward.
5. Not becoming a well-bred man. Harris.
6. Not pure; not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [Unusual.] Chesterfield.

IL-LIB-ER-AL'I-TY, n.

1. Narrowness of mind; contractedness; meanness; want of catholic opinions.
2. Parsimony; want of munificence. Bacon.

IL-LIB'ER-AL-IZE, v.t.

To make illiberal. New An. Reg.

IL-LIB'ER-AL-IZ-ED, pp.

Made illiberal.

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

Making illiberal.

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

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

IL-LIC'IT, a. [L. illicitus; in and licitus, from liceo, to permit.]

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

IL-LIC'IT-LY, adv.

Unlawfully.

IL-LIC'IT-NESS, n.

Unlawfulness.

IL-LIC'IT-OUS, a.

Unlawful.

IL-LIGHT'EN, v.t. [See Light, Lighten.]

To enlighten. [Not in use.] Ralegh.

ILL-IM-AG'IN-ED, a.

Not well imagined.

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

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

IL-LIM'IT-A-BLY, adv.

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

IL-LIM-IT-A'TION, n.

The state of being illimitable.

IL-LIM'IT-ED, a. [Fr. illimité; in and L. limes, a limit.]

Unbounded; not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall.

IL-LIM'IT-ED-NESS, n.

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

ILL-IN-FORM'ED, a.

Not well informed.

IL-LI-NI'TION, 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 illiterate.]

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.