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illish

illish adjective: somewhat ill.

Adjective

illish (comparative more illish, superlative most illish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat ill.
    • Woke up feeling illish and to my despair found it was pouring with black, cold rain. It all looked depressing and dingy.1968, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Diaries 1915-1918

Forms of illish

comparativemore illish
superlativemost illish

Origin of illish

From ill + -ish.

Questions about illish

What does illish mean?
Illish means somewhat ill.
What part of speech is illish?
Illish is an adjective.

Words near illish in the dictionary

  1. illiquation
  2. illiquid
  3. illiquidities
  4. illiquidity
  5. illiquidly
  6. illish
  7. illision
  8. illisions
  9. illistrate
  10. illite
  11. illiteracies

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