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Ill

/ɪl/
Not feeling well or being sick

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People who walk in their sleep are often ill.The trial has succeeded ill, Monsieur d'Artagnan."What new misery or ill was this?

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English ill, ylle (“morally evil, malevolent, harmful, unfortunate”), from Old Norse illr (“ill, bad, hard, difficult”), and partly from Old Norse illt (“badly”).

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