ill-gotadj.

Brit.

/ˌɪlˈɡɒt/, U.S.

/ˈˌɪlˈɡɑt/

Etymology: < ill adv. + got, past participle of get v.

= ill-gotten adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > by evil means

wrong-gotten1388

evil winc1425

extort1430

misgottena1450

evil-gotten1539

ill-gottena1555

misbegotten1591

ill-gota1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. ii. 46 Things ill got, had euer bad successe.

1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 281 The Fabled Dragon never guarded more The Golden Fleece, than he his ill-got Store.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 107 Of their ill-got spoils possess'd.

1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 43. ⁋4 According to the old Proverb, Ill got, Ill gone.

1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno xix Keep well the ill-got money.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ill-got
释义	ill-gotadj. Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡɒt/, U.S. /ˈˌɪlˈɡɑt/ Etymology: < ill adv. + got, past participle of get v. = ill-gotten adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > by evil means wrong-gotten1388 evil winc1425 extort1430 misgottena1450 evil-gotten1539 ill-gottena1555 misbegotten1591 ill-gota1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. ii. 46 Things ill got, had euer bad successe. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 281 The Fabled Dragon never guarded more The Golden Fleece, than he his ill-got Store. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 107 Of their ill-got spoils possess'd. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 43. ⁋4 According to the old Proverb, Ill got, Ill gone. 1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno xix Keep well the ill-got money. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616
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