Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ILL'NESS
ILL-NA'TUR-ED-NESSIL-LOG'IC-AL
ILL'NESS, n. [from ill.]
- Badness; unfavorableness; as, the illness of the weather. [Not used.] Locke.
- Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness. He has recovered from his illness.
- Wickedness; iniquity; wrong moral conduct. Shak.
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