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
Homographs
il-, il-, -(i)l(e) [-ile, -il, -le], -il(e) [-ile, -il], -(i)l(l)(e) [-il, -ill, -ille, -le]
