Il(l) [Ill, Il]

Morpheme

Il(l) [Ill, Il]

Type

free base

Denotation

unwell, not good, evil, bad, hard, difficult, mean, stingy

Etymology

Middle English ille; Old Norse illr, illa, ilt

Evidence

ill, illbeing, iller, illest, illfare, illish, illness, ills, illsome, illth, illwisher, illy, moorill, nonill

Notes

often hyphenated