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illness|ˈɪlnɪs|
[f. ill a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being ill (in various senses).
†1. Bad moral quality, condition, or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness. Obs.
c1500Melusine 261 That we were consentyng to the ylnesse & dysobedyence of Claude ayenst our souerayne lord naturel, your fader. 1553Latimer Serm. Lincoln ix. 148 When we doe ill, we shall receiue our rewarde for our ilnes. 1605Shakes. Macb. i. v. 21 Thou..Art not without Ambition, but without The illnesse should attend it. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1694) I. 81 Besides its own proper Illness, 'tis farther to be detested upon the Scandal of its Parentage. 1718Prideaux Connect. O. & N. Test. ii. ii. 75 The endangering of the whole Jewish State by the illness of his Conduct.
†2. Unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness; hurtfulness, noxiousness; badness. Obs.
1595T. Maynarde Drake's Voy. (Hakluyt Soc.) 16 Wearied with the ilnes of the waye. 1606Thomas Dict. s.v. Inconsonantia, By reason of their vnaptnes and illnesse of sound, when two vowels or letters can not be pronounced. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxi. (1695) 142 By the darkness of the Night, or illness of the Weather. 1718Berkeley Jrnl. Tour Italy 12 Apr., Wks. 1871 IV. 593 Land flat, marshy, hardly inhabited for the illness of the air.
3. Bad or unhealthy condition of the body (or, formerly, of some part of it); the condition of being ill (ill a. 8); disease, ailment, sickness, malady. Also with an and pl. (The only current modern sense, badness being now used in the other senses.)
1689–90Temple Ess., Health & Long Life Wks. 1731 I. 184 Rue is of excellent Use for all Illness of the Stomach. 1692― Mem. 1672–79 (R.), While his illness lasted and the event was doubtful, all was in suspence. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. i. i. 323 They told me you had felt some sudden Illness; Where are you sick? 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. xiii. 392 From the inclemency of the weather, and the fatigue of the journey, he soon contracted a slow illness. 1838Lockhart Scott lxxx, In the family circle Sir Walter seldom spoke of his illness at all. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 280 Athletes..are liable to most dangerous illnesses if they depart..from their customary regimen. |