ill

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Meaning

Not well; imperfectly, badly

feel sick

sick of

become sick

feel unwell

get ill

have a fever

fall sick

inappropriately

unprepossessing

have fever

in pain

not well

old person

to be unwell

without energy

ill-conditioning

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪl/

From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse illr (adj), illa (adverb), ilt (noun) (whence Icelandic illur, Norwegian ille, Danish ilde), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”).

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It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest .