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† ˈill-ˈturned, a. Obs. (see ill- III) [f. ill adv. + turned, pa. pple. of turn v.] a. Badly turned, shapen, or expressed. b. Having an evil turn of mind, ill-disposed.
a1637B. Jonson tr. Horace's Art of Poetry Wks. (Rtldg.) 737/2 He'd bid blot all, and to the anvil bring Those ill-torn'd verses to new hammering [delere jubebat, Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus]. a1704Locke (J.), A mixture of rudeness and ill turned confidence. a1715Burnet Own Time (1753) V. 197 The capital gentry of England..appeared to be ill turned and not to apprehend the dangers. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 676 Horace directs to send back the ill-turned line to the anvil. |