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illth

noun
/ɪlθ/

Etymology

From ill + -th (abstract nominal suffix), coined by John Ruskin as an opposite for wealth, in the sense of ill being the opposite of well.

  1. derived from *h₁elḱ-✻
  2. derived from *ilhilaz✻
  3. derived from íllr
  4. inherited from ille
  5. suffixed as illth — “ill + th”

Definitions

  1. The opposite of wealth

    The opposite of wealth; that which, by its possession, causes damage of some kind.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA