ill-willyadj.
/ˈɪlˈwɪli/ Cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective]
hateleOE
swartOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
ill-willy15..
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
stomaching1579
malignant1592
gall-ful1596
gall-wet1597
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
evil-affected1611
gallsome1633
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
unbenign1651
sullen1676
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]
hateleOE
balefulOE
swartOE
hatelyOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
fiendisha1535
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
malignant1592
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
manless?1609
evil-affected1611
ill-willy1611
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
swarthy1651
unbenign1651
reptile1653
sullen1676
maligning1687
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
15.. Almanak of Year 1386, 5 Saturne es colde and drie, and ilwilly.
a1568 Wife of Auchterm. viii Than thair cumis ane illwilly cow, And brodit his buttock.
1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 276 Be warme hartit and not illwillie.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Maling,..ill-willie.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 11 (Jam.) An ill-willy cow should have short horns.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 124 Syn baith the Bears now shine ill-willie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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