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<hw>Ill`-man"nered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Impolite; rude.</def>

<h1>Ill-minded</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill"-mind`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ill-disposed.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Ill-natured</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill`-na"tured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; <as>as, an <ex>ill-natured</ex> person</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.</def> "The <i>ill-natured</i> task refuse."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Intractable; not yielding to culture.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Ill-natured</i> land."

<i>J. Philips.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ill`-na"tured*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ill`-na"tured*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Illness</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ill</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>illness</i> of the weather."

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; <as>as, a short or a severe <ex>illness</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Illness</er>, <er>Sickness</er>. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use <i>illness</i> in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine <i>sickness</i> more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."</usage>

<h1>Ill-nurtured</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill"-nur`tured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ill-bred.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Illocality</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`lo*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of locality or place.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Illogical</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; <as>as, an <ex>illogical</ex> disputant</as>; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; <as>as, an <ex>illogical</ex> inference</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Il*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Il*log"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ill-omened</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill`-o"mened</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under <er>Ill</er>, <tt>adv.</tt></def>

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