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Ill

/ɪl/
Not feeling well or suffering from a disease

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Examples:

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, yle, yl, from Old Norse illr (bad), related to Gothic usals, German übel, and Latin ulcus (sore).

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