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IDOL - ILLEGITIMATE
IDOL - adjectives
• IDOLASTER † idolatrous ...1584
• IDOLATRIC * pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1669
• IDOLATRICAL † pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLATRIOUS †* idolatrous ...1563
• IDOLATROUS of a person: worshipping images or idols; given to the worship of idols or false gods ...1600
• IDOLISH † pert. to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous ...1577-87
• IDOLISTIC recognizing idols, idolatrous ...1846
• IDOLOGRAPHICAL descriptive of idols ...1826
• IDOLOLATRIC † idolatrous ...a1711
• IDOLOLATRICAL † idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLOLATROUS † idolatrous ...a1641
• IDOLOTHYOUS † offered or sacrificed to an idol ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † offered to an idol ...1562
• IDOLOUS † of the nature of an idol; affected to idols; idolatrous ...1546
IDOL - adverbs
• IDOLATRICALLY † in an idolatrous way ...1669
IDOL - nouns
• IDOLATRY the worship of idols or images; the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object ...c1250
• IDOLET † a little idol ...1674
• IDOLILLO † a diminutive idol ...1646
• IDOLISM the act of idolizing, or making an idol of anything ...1825
• IDOLODOULIA veneration of any inferior kind given to idols or images ...1579
• IDOLOLATRY † idolatry ...1550
• IDOLOMANCY divination by idols, images, or figures ...1652
• IDOLOMANIA an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1660
• IDOLOMANY † an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1654
• IDOLOTHISM †* the practice of offering to idols ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † a thing offered to an idol ...1579
• IDOLRY † idolatry ...1535
• MAHOMET † an idol ...?a1500
• MAHOUND † a false god; an idol ...c1205
• MARMOSET † an idol; used scornfully ...1426
• PAGOD an image of a deity, an idol, esp. in India, China, etc. 1582 arch.
• PAGODA †* an idol or image ...1634
IDOL - nouns, person
• ACE a close or best friend; one's hero or idol ...1941 Amer. sl.
• EIDOLOCLAST one who demolishes idols ...1824
• IDOLANT † an idolater ...1592
• IDOLASTER † a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1386
• IDOLATER a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1380
• IDOLATRESS a female idolater ...1613
• IDOLIST a believer in or worshipper of idols; an idolater ...1614
• IDOLOCLAST a breaker or demolisher of idols; an iconoclast ...1843
• IDOLOLATER † an idolater ...a1641
IDOL - verbs
• IDOLATRIZE to make an idol of; to worship idolatrously; fig: to adore; to admire excessively; to idolize ...1615
• IDOLIFY to make idol of ...1838
• IDOLOLATRIFY † to make the object of idolatry ...a1641
IDOLIZE - nouns, person
• IDOLATRIZER one who idolizes ...1642
IDOLIZE - verbs
• THINK THE SUN RISES AND SETS OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1969 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SETS IN THE CRACK OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1914 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1966 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASSHOLE to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1980 sl.
IGNITE - verbs
• TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
IGNITING - adjectives
• IGNITIVE * having the property of igniting or taking fire ...1823
IGNITION - adjectives
• IGNITIOUS †* susceptible of ignition ...1753
IGNOBLE - adjectives
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• NARROW-HEARTED mean, ungenerous, ignoble ...c1200
• WAFF low-born, ignoble, without pedigree or honourable connections ...1815 Sc.
IGNOBLE - nouns
• IGNOBLESSE † the quality of being ignoble ...c1611 nonce word
IGNORANCE - adjectives
• BAYARDLY † characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance ...1636
IGNORANCE - nouns
• IDIOTISM ignorance, lack of knowledge or culture ...1635
• IGNORANCY † ignorance ...1526
• IGNORANTNESS * ignorance ...1632
• ILLITERATURE want of learning, illiteracy, ignorance ...1592
• LEWDHEDE †* ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1401
• LEWDNESS † ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1362
• NESCIENCE lack of knowledge, ignorance ...1612
• OMNINESCIENCE ignorance of everything; universal ignorance ...1856
• PADDY'S PIG the epitome of ignorance ...1974 NZ sl.
• SIMPLEHEAD † simpleness, ignorance ...c1470
• SIMPLESSE † deficiency in knowledge or learning; ignorance; also, lack of mental acuteness, intellectual weakness, foolishness ...c1400 obs. exc. arch.
• UNCUNNESS † ignorance ...c1250
• UNWITENESS † ignorance ...a1225
IGNORANCE - interjections & phrases
• GREEN AS A YELLOW CABBAGE said of one who assumes ignorance or innocence ...1889 Eng. dial.
• OFF TO ANOTHER NASA CONVENTION used for humour when someone who has been displaying their ignorance leaves a room ...1991 US sl.
• SEARCH ME! expressing innocence or ignorance ...1930s US Black sl.
IGNORANT - adjectives
• BOSS weak, ignorant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK stupid, slow-witted, ignorant ...a1660 sl.
• FAR BACK backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth ...1950 Sc.
• FLUNKY ignorant, second-rate ...L19 US sl.
• GOATY awkward; ignorant ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GREEN AS A GOOSEBERRY, AS very ignorant of life; raw and uneducated, inexperienced ...1842
• HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IGGY ignorant ...1910s US sl.
• IGNORANT AS OWL SHIT very ignorant ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IGNORANT AS PADDY'S PIG, AS very ignorant ...1974 NZ sl.
• IMPERITE † unskilled, ignorant ...1708
• INGRAM ignorant ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INSCIOUS † not knowing; lacking knowledge; ignorant ...1633
• JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• KNOW-NOTHING very ignorant; stupid ...a1825
• LEWD † unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant ...a1225
• LEWED † ignorant, unlearned ...c1325
• NESCIENT ignorant, destitute of knowledge ...1626
• NESCIOUS †* ignorant; destitute of knowledge ...1633
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BARREL ignorant, stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1914 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO LAP ALUM AND DROOL very stupid, ignorant ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO TOTE GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1960 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BATTLEDORE ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW ANY MORE THAN ADAM'S OFF-OX ignorant; stupid ...1978 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW AS MUCH AS A LAST YEAR'S BIRD NEST very stupid, ignorant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW DIDDLY ignorant ...1985 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW FROM NOTHING to be ignorant ...1936 US sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 sk,
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1936 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOT ROCK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A JUG OF APPLE CIDER ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A MUSKET ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1862 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A PITCHFORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1985 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A RIFLE BARREL ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A STALK OF BANANAS ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A WIND SCOOP ABOUT SHIP'S WORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1958 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ICE CREAM ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1983 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM MAMMOTH CAVE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1947 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S AILERON ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1969 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ARMPIT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1962 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1897 sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S LEFT FOOT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1966 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM PORK SAUSAGE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1970 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THE BACK SIDE OF A CHECKER BOARD ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THIRD BASE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1955 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S BRASS FROM ONE'S OBOE to be very ignorant; to be stupid ...
• NOT KNOW SHIT FROM SHINOLA to be ignorant ...c1930 US sl.
• NOT KNOW SIC 'EM very ignorant or stupid ...1907 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND to be completely ignorant ...1982 UK sl.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM YOUR ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 UK sl.
• NOT TO KNOW A BEE FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1812 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW A FROM B to be ignorant; not to have the most rudimentary knowledge ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW APPLES FROM ORANGES to be ignorant of the most rudimentary forms of knowledge ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW BEESWAX FROM BULL FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BROOMSTICK to be ignorant or illiterate ...1856 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BUFFALO'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1832 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1792 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BAT'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLFROG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S ASS to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S BAG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLSHIT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLY to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASSHOLE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEADOODLE not to know anything, ignorant ...2000 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEA-TURKEY not to know the simplest thing; ignorant ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OMNINESCIENT ignorant of everything ...1890
• PIG-IGNORANT extremely ignorant ...1972 sl.
• RAW-GABBED speaking confidently and authoritatively on a subject of which one is ignorant ...B1900 Sc.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED † ignorant, simple-minded ...c1400
• UNACQUAINT not acquainted, unfamiliar, ignorant ...1716 Sc.
• UNAWARES † ignorant, not aware, of something ...1548
• UNBOOTED native, ignorant ...1940s US Black sl.
• UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT completely and dramatically ignorant about a particular subject ...1988 US sl.
• UNCONFIRMED † uninstructed, ignorant ...1588 obs.
• UNCOUTH †* unknowing, ignorant ...c1220
• UNCUNNING ignorant, stupid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNKNOWNST ignorant ...1848 Ireland
• WET BEHIND THE EARS inexperienced, raw, ignorant ...1914 Amer. sl.
IGNORANT - nouns
• IGNORATION † the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge ...1612
• IGNOTION † an ignorant notion; a notion falsely so called ...1647 nonce word
IGNORANT - nouns, person
• ANNAHYDION an ignorant, ill-informed person ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BAYARD one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance ...a1529
• BUFFLEHEAD a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton, a stupid person, a silly person, an ignoramus ...1659
• BEAR'S ASS a fool; an ignoramus ...1960s US college sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• CÁBÓG an ignorant male; a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CALF an ignoramus; a dolt; a weakling ...1553 sl.
• CHERRY PICKER an ignorant rustic; a fool ...1929 US sl.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...L19 sl.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FLY-CATCHER an open-mouthed, ignorant person ...c1820 colloq.
• GAWNICUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUNDER an ignorant, sour-tempered fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• GNAW-POST a stupid, ignorant person; a silly fellow; a fool, a simpleton ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth ...M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1842 Amer. dial.
• GOONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• GREENHEAD * an inexperienced or ignorant person
• GREENHORN an inexperienced person; a novice; a raw recruit; an ignoramus; a simpleton
• GREENIE a greenhorn ...M19 colloq.
• GRUBBER a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive ...1941 Amer. sl.
• I.D.B. an Ignorant Dutch Bastard ...1920s Cockneys' sl.
• IDIOTIST †* a person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated man; a simple man; a clown ...1715
• IG MAN an ignorant man; a fool ...20C US Black sl.
• IGNANT an ignorant, stupid person ...1940s US Black sl.
• IGNARO † one that is ignorant; a fool, a blockhead, a dunce, an ignoramus ...1620
• IGNORAMO † an ignorant person ...1623.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• IMPERITE † an unskilled or ignorant person ...1622
• JABBERKNOWL a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JABBERNOWL a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JACKASS a stupid ignoramus ...Bk1896 sl.
• JACKPINE FARMER a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JACKPINE SAVAGE a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1957 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• KNOW-NOTHING one who knows nothing; an ignorant person; a fool ...1839
• LINTBRAIN a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• LUNK-HEAD an ignoramus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
• QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SARACEN † an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian ...1714
• SIMPLE an ignorant or foolish person ...1643
• SIMPLES those who are unlearned, ignorant, easily misled, unsuspecting, etc. ...1560
• SIMPLICIAN † a simple, ignorant, or innocent person; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SIMPLITIAN * a simple or ignorant fellow; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SNODDIE an ignorant, stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• UNWEOTE † an ignorant person ...a1225
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
IGNORANT - verbs
• BAG ONE'S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• UNKEN to fail to know or recognize; to be ignorant ...1788 Sc.
IGNORANTLY - adverbs
• IMPERITELY † ignorantly ...1657
• LEWDLY † ignorantly; foolishly ...c1380
IGNORE - verbs
• BLANK to deliberately ignore someone ...1977 Brit. sl.
• BLINK to ignore, to evade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COP A DEAF 'UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing ...1920s sl.
• DANCE ASS to ignore the needs of others ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• DEADHEAD to ignore ...2002 UK sl.
• DISRECOGNIZE to discount, to ignore ...1974 Amer. dial.
• DOG to intentionally ignore ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAKE ON SOMEONE to ignore ...1970s US Black sl.
• FAKE OUT to ignore ...1990s US Black sl.
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAFF to insult, to ignore ...1980s US college sl.
• GIVE THE IG to ignore a person deliberately, to snub ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• IG(G) to ignore; to snub; to reject ...1946 Amer. dial.
• KISS OFF to ignore or dismiss rudely and abruptly ...1935 US sl.
• LET HIM R.I.P let him rip, i.e. don't bother about him ...L19 sl.
• NUT ON to ignore ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PASS UP to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT A PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT THE IG ON to ignore somebody; to snub ...1977 Amer. dial.
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again ...L19 US sl.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
IGNORED - adjectives
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
• ICED isolated, ignored ...1970s US Black sl.
• IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT IN IT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASSED UP neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
IGNORED - verbs
• FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• TALK TO A BRICK WALL to speak in vain ...1909
IGNORING - nouns
• IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored ...1865
ILL, ILLNESS - adjectives (also see SICK)
• ABED confined to bed by illness; laid up ...1660
• ABOUT TO DIE taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 ...Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO PASS taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• AILISH slightly ill ...1941 Amer. dial.
• AILY slightly ill, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVER generally ill ...1851 colloq.
• ALL-OVERISH having a general and indefinite sense of illness pervading to the body; not exactly ill, but by no means well ...a1894 Amer. dial.
• AT THE END OF ONE'S ROPE fatally ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD ill, sick, in pain; injured ...1716 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD-A-BED so ill as to be obliged to remain in bed ...1875 Eng. dial.
• BAD IN ONESELF ill generally, but without any particular local ailment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health ...1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD SICK seriously ill ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BELOW PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOKED fatally ill; beyond recovery ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASH indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BUM ill, though not seriously so ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BUMMY ill, though not seriously so, indisposed ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BUNGED UP ill, out of health ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER'S ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• CROOK ill ...1908 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• DANGEROUS in danger from illness; dangerously ill ...1797 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD-A-BIRD nearly dying; ill ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-ILL sick with a mortal malady ...1897 Sc.
• DEATH-SICK sick unto death, mortally sick or ill ...1628
• DEPRAVED weakly, ill ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKEY ill ...1883 Brit. sl.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ill ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWN IN THE MOUTH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DUMPY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING FUNNY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING LIKE THE WRATH OF GOD feeling very ill, esp. if from a bad hangover ...c1950 sl.
• FIN OUT injured, ill; near death ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FRAGILE ill ...1883 sl.
• FUNNY ill ...1898 sl.
• GRIM ill ...1984 sl.
• HAVING THE IMPUCK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAYWIRE ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ICKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ICKY-BOO ill ...1920 sl.
• ICKY-POO ill ...1920 sl.
• IKKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ILL-AFFECTED affected with illness or indisposition; diseased ...1604 obs.
• ILL AS A WITCH, AS very ill ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLISH * somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed ...1637
• IN A BAD WAY ill; in trouble
• INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill ...1889 Eng. dial.
• INDISPOSED ill ...20C colloq.
• IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LEWDLY, poorly, ill ...c1386
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP ill ...1939 sl.
• LOUSY ill ...1933 sl.
• MENDIC sick, ill ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• MICKY sick, ill ...L19 rhyming sl.
• MINDIC sick, ill ...1920s Aust. sl.
• MOBY DICK sick, ill ...1990s rhyming sl.
• NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WIRE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO DICK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SAMPLE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SCRATCH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SNUFF somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO THE MARK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
• OFFAL in ill health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS in bad health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF COLOUR slightly indisposed; ill ...1876 sl.
• OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF OF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S EATS unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1862 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF POLISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF TONE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE LIFT 1. too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1888 Amer. dial.
2. convalescent, getting better after an illness ...1892 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SICK used to denote incapacity due to illness, and receipt of sickness benefit ...1976 sl.
• ON THE SICK-LIST ill ...20C colloq.
• OOLIE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OOLIE-LIKE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OUT OF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PECULIAR ill ...1954 sl.
• POORISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POORLYISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER ill ...1781 sl.
• RAMSHACKLE in a state of ill health, weak ...1889
• RAUNCHY ill, unwell ...1970s US campus sl.
• ROCKY in poor health; ill, unwell ...L18
• ROPEY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROPY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROTTEN ill ...1881 sl.
• ROUGH ill ...a1893 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• SAD-BAD ill; in health; very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BAD very ill ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-POORLY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-SURRILY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SEEDY ill ...1858 sl.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS WITH ONE'S FEET IN THE WOODBOX not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK AS A CAT very sick or ill...L17 sl.
• SICK AS A MULE extremely sick or ill ...M18 sl.
• SICK IN FOURTEEN LANGUAGES very sick or ill indeed ...L19 US sl.
• SICK IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNDER THE WEATHER ill ...1850 sl. orig. US
• VARMENT-LOOKING ill-looking ...1851 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1844 Amer. dial.
ILL, ILLNESS - nouns
• ACCESS a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness ...c1325
• ACME the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis ...c1630 arch.
• ACT pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AIL an illness, ailment, or complaint ...1750 Eng. dial.
• AILING sickness, ailment, a long-standing illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ALL-INS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERISHNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1846 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKENING relapse in illness ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BACK-FLING a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-GAIN a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK-KNOCK a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-THRUST a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLINESS illness, sickness ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BADNESS sickness, illness, disease ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-FEVER illness caused by drinking to excess ...1828 Sc.
• BED-EVIL † illness or sickness that confines to bed ...1609 obs. exc. Sc.
• BLAST a sudden illness; a chill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG, THE. a cold or illness, esp. the flu ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BUNK FATIGUE illness requiring a patient to stay in bed ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CACOPATHY †* an old term for a severe affliction or malady ...1721
• CAPE FEVER a feigned illness ...1830 US nautical sl.
• CRUD any disease or illness ...1932 sl.
• DEAD-ILL a mortal illness ...1822 Sc.
• DEATH-ILL † mortal illness ...c1425
• DECUMBITURE † a taking to one's bed through illness ...1647
• EPIZOOTIC a human illness or ailment ...c1883 Amer. dial.
• EVIL an ill, complaint, illness; a swelling on the neck or other local affliction ...1683 Eng. dial.
• FAKING counterfeiting illness ...M19 UK prison sl.
• GANDIVEESE a trifling or imaginary illness, esp. one used as an excuse for shirking work ...1900 Sc.
• GASTRO gastroenteritis ...1975 Aust. sl.
• GOLLYWOBBLES a stomach-ache; a general feeling of discomfort or illness; diarrhoea ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GREEK BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• HUMDUDGEON an imaginary illness; hypochondria ...1785
• ILL illness, pain; disease; difficulty ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILLING †* a being or becoming ill; illness ...1719
• INWARD TROUBLE an internal disease or illness ...1787 Sc.
• KWAAL an illness; a complaint ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• LAG-FEVER a term of ridicule applied to men who, being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness to avoid being sent from jail to the hulks ...1811
• LANGUOR † disease, sickness, illness ...a1300
• MEAGRIES. miseries, ills ...1885 Sc.
• MEDITERRANEAN BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• MISERIES a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLES an imaginary disease or illness ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OFFSET a hindrance, delay; a setback, anything that causes delay; an illness; the time wasted by any hindrance ...1865 Sc.
• ONCOME an illness the cause of which is unknown; a mysterious disease ...1819 Sc.
• ONSET an attack of disease of unknown origin; a sharp attack of illness ...1818 Sc.
• PANTOD a vague or undefined illness; an imaginary illness; a fit; a violent pain ...1901 Amer. dial.
• POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness ...1971 Amer. dial.
• QUEER STREET an imaginary street where people in difficulties are supposed to reside; hence, any difficulty, fix, or trouble, bad circumstances, debt, illness, etc. ...1837 sl.
• SCHOOL-BELL FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS CRAMPS an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SICK † a disease or illness ...a1300 obs.
• SICKIE a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SICKY a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SIEGE a prolonged period of distress, esp. from an illness ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNICK-UP an indefinable illness, not easily cured; a slight ailment ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TAKING † a seizure or attack of disease; a stroke or palsy or the like; an attack of illness; a sudden seizure of pain; a sore, a swelling also, enchantment ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKING-DISEASE an infectious illness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARROW a slight illness, an indisposition ...1866 Sc.
• TURN a sudden feeling of illness ...1775 sl.
• WAFF a slight attack or 'touch; of illness, esp. of cold ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALKING SICKNESS an illness in which the person it still able to get about and is not confined to bed ...1846
• WEARY WILLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIM-WHAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WILLIES, THE feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WIM-WAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOG a germ that causes an illness ...1941 Aust. sl.
• WOOLLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
ILL, ILLNESS - nouns, person
• DECUMBENT † one lying ill in bed ...1641 obs.
• OLD SOLDIER. a deceitful person; one who shams illness ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SICK † a person suffering from illness ...c888
• SICKMAN † a man who is ill ...c1340
ILL, ILLNESS - verbs
• ABRAM to malinger, to fake illness ...M19 sl.
• AIL ALONG to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AIL AROUND to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AILD to make mildly ill; to trouble or upset ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BACKEN to get worse, to have a relapse in illness ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one's responsibilities ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BE TAKEN BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BE TOOK BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BLUFF to feign illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEYE to make or become ill ...1868 Amer. dial.
• CRACK ON to pretend, esp. to pretend to be ill or hurt ...1880s sl. ? orig, military
• ENJOY POOR HEALTH to be ill ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FAIL UP to decline in health; to fall ill ...1914 Amer. dial.
• FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness ...19C Sc.
• FALL † to be taken ill of a disease ...1538
• FEEL LIKE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER to have a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S HEAD-GEAR to have an illness, to get one's death-blow, to be mortally injured ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL AND THE OTHER IN A GRAVE to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S FACE ONE'S WORST LIMB to look ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LINGER to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LINGER ON to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1917 Amer. dial.
• MEGGAR to improve, to get better; to recover from an illness, etc.; to get over an illness ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MUSTER ONE'S BAG to be ill ...L19 Brit. nautical sl., esp. Royal Navy
• PEG OUT to get ill; to die ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• QUAIL to languish; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUEAL † to languish; to fail in any way; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SALIVATE to make severely or fatally ill ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SICK † to suffer illness; to fall ill, to sicken ...a1150
• SICKLE † to be or fall ill, to sicken ...c1000
• TAKE DOWN to reduce in health; to emaciate; to lay low in sickness; to become sick or ill ...1822 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• TAPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAPPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to labour under a disease; to recover from a very severe illness ...1875 Sc.
ILL-ADVISED - adjectives
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GUIDED ill-treated; ill-advised ...1867 Sc.
ILL AT EASE - adjectives
• WINDY nervous; ill at ease ...1916 sl.
ILL-BEHAVED - adjectives
• BEDLAM belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish ...a1535
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
ILL-BEHAVED - nouns, person
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RAKESHAME * one who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow ...1599
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RAPPOCK an ill-behaved person ...c1350 N. Eng. dial.
• TASSET an ill-behaved woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARD DOG an ill-dressed, badly behaved person ...1930s US Black sl.
• YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent ...1785 sl.
ILL-BEHAVING - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727
ILL-BRED - adjectives
• CADDISH offensively ill-bred; the opposite of gentlemanly ...1868 colloq.
• CARTERLY † clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred ...1519
• COMMON AS PIG TRACKS vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered ...1900s sl.
• HAIRY AT THE HEEL said of an ill-bred person; deficient in breeding or manners ...1899
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBRED not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred ...1622
ILL-BRED - nouns
• RAG-MANNERS † low, ill-bred behaviour ...1731
ILL-BRED - nouns, person
• CAD an ill-bred, ill-mannered lout; one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; an upper-class rogue ...1827 sl.
• CALICOT a 'cad'; an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• PIGTRACKS a vulgar, ill-bred person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WARAHOON a noisy ill-bred person ...1960s W. Indies
ILL-COLOURED - adjectives
• RIACH † dun, ill-coloured ...1742 Sc.
ILL-CONDITIONED - adjectives
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FARRANT ugly; ill-conditioned ...1839 Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; foolishly thoughtless ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned, foolishly thoughtless; tawdry ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• YILLYART stubborn; ill-conditioned ...1897 Sc.
ILL-CONDITIONED - nouns, person
• AUGHT an obstinate, ill-conditioned child ...1768 Sc.
• DANDLES an ill-conditioned, mismanaging female ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONDUCTED - nouns, person
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONSIDERED - adjectives
• HALF-COCK ill-considered; inferior ...2002 UK sl.
• UNTHOUGHTED thoughtless, ill-considered ...a1845 Amer. dial.
ILL-CONSTRUCTED - nouns
• BALLY-MUCK an ill-constructed thing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONTRIVED - adjectives
• CAM-MANART ill-contrived, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ILL-DESIGNED - adjectives
• NEITHER MAKE NOR SHAPE out of proportion, ill-designed or fashioned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ILL-DEVELOPED - adjectives
• WAN-THRIVEN ill-developed, stunted in growth ...1508 Sc.
ILL-DISPOSED - adjectives
• ILL-HEARTED having an ill heart, ill-disposed, malicious ...a1617
• ILL-THRIVEN peevish, ill-disposed ...1843
• ILL-TURNED † having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed ...a1637
• ILL-WILLY cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
ILL-DOING - adjectives
• MALEFACTORY * ill-doing; criminal ...1871
ILL-DRESSED see DRESSED
ILLEGAL - adjectives
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• AT IT involved in something illegal or bad ...18C sl.
• BUST-OUT unregulated; blatantly illegal ...1962 US sl.
• CROOKED dishonest or illegal ...colloq.
• FAST illegal, corrupt; hedonistic ...E19 sl.
• ILLICENTIOUS †* done without license; unlawful, illegal ...1622
• ILLICITOUS †* illicit, unlawful, illegal, forbidden ...1611
• LAWLESS † of an action: illegal, unlawful ...1557
• MEXICAN (derogatory) cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal ...1912 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER TWO applied to illegal or irregular activity ...2003 India sl.
• SCAB illegal, as of an after-hours drinking club ...1960s sl.
• SHONKIE dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SLY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1828 sl., chiefly Aust.
• TORTIOUS † wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8
• UNLEGAL illegal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLEISUM † unlawful, illegal ...1681 Sc.
ILLEGAL - adverbs
• WRONG in a criminal, illegal manner ...M19 sl.
ILLEGAL - nouns
• ACTION acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity ...Bk2000 criminal sl.
• CAB-JOINT an establishment offering illegal goods or services ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• CONTRACT any illegal or unethical arrangement ...1950s Amer. police sl.
• DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS illegal activity, esp. if concealed ...1938 US sl.
• FUNNY BUSINESS illegal, underhand, or deceitful dealings ...1891 sl.
• TICKLE a successful crime or illegal deal ...1938 sl.
ILLEGAL - nouns, person
• SHONK someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
ILLEGAL - verbs
• FINK to inform on illegal activity ...E20 US sl.
• GET FAST to act in an illegal manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• LAUNDER to change something illegally to make it acceptable or legitimate ...a1961 sl.
ILLEGITIMACY - nouns
• BASE † bastardy; illegitimacy ...1611
• BASENESS † illegitimacy of birth ...1605
• BAST † bastardy, illegitimacy ...1297
• BASTARDICE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISM n. illegitimacy ...1589
• BASTARDRY † illegitimacy ...1483
ILLEGITIMATE - adjectives
• ACCIDENTAL illegitimate ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• BASE illegitimate, bastard ...1570-87
• BASE-BEGOTTEN born out of wedlock ...1793 Amer. dial.
• BASEBORN born out of wedlock ..1946 Amer. dial.
• BAST † bastard, illegitimate ...c1330
• BASTARDED † illegitimate, unfathered ...1579
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET illegitimate ...c1750 colloq.
• BORN WITH BURNT FEET of a child: illegitimate ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGITIME †* illegitimate ...1502
• ILL-GOTTEN illegitimate; good-for-nothing ...1880 Sc.
• 'LONG-OF-THE-PATH illegitimate ...1950 Amer. dial. Black usage
• MERRY-BEGOT illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOTTEN illegitimate ...1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-BRAND of a child: illegitimate ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• OUTSIDE illegitimate ...L19 US Black sl.
• PASTURE-BRED "laid in the field before being married"; said of a child whose parents were not married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-WIND illegitimate ...1897
• SINISTRAL illegitimate ...1897
• UNBEKENT illegitimate; of unknown parentage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLAWFULLY BEGOTTEN pert. to a bastard
• UNLEGAL of a child: illegitimate ...1967 Amer. dial.
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns
• BASTARDING † 1. the act of declaring a child illegitimate ...1563
† 2. the begetting of a bastard ...1677
• BASTARDLINESS †* bastardly or illegitimate quality ...1656
• BASTARDY 1. the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth ...1292
† 2. bastards collectively, bastard brood ...1599
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns, person
• ABISHAG the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man ...19C sl.
• ACCIDENT an illegitimate child; a bastard ...L19 sl.
• ADULTERINE * an illegitimate child ...1798
• ALLEY CAT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASH-BARREL BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• B a bastard ...1921 Aust. sl.
• BABE OF LOVE an illegitimate child ....E18 euphemism
• BABY IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACHELOR'S BABY an illegitimate child ...L18 sl.
• BACHELOR'S SON an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
• BASE † a bastard ...1591
• BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C US colloq.
• BASE-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1689 Eng. dial.
• BASE-SON an illegitimate son ...19C Eng. dial.
• BASTARD a child born of unlawful sexual intercourse; a child conceived in haste, as on a bed-roll ...13C
• BASTERLY-GULLION † the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BATCHELOR'S SON an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
• BEELZEBUB a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BELL-BASTARD the illegitimate child of a woman who is herself illegitimate ...1756 Eng. dial.
• BELZIBUB a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRAT an illegitimate child ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BRIER BABY an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIERPATCH KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH COLT an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BUSH BABY an illegitimate child ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BUSH CHILD an illegitimate child ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACKER an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BY-BLOW an illegitimate child ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BY-SON an illegitimate son ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BY-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BY-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEETING BABY an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-COLT an illegitimate child ...1901 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE BLOW an illegitimate child ...1852 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE CHILD an illegitimate child ...M19 sl.
• CHILD IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHILD OF SHAME a child born to an unmarried woman ...ME arch.
• COME-BY-CHANCE an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
• COME-O'-WILL an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
• DITCH-EDGE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT CHILD an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FENCE-CORNER KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FETCH an illegitimate or abandoned child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FIELD COLT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FIELD RABBIT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FILLY an illegitimate female child ...1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
• FLY-BLOW a bastard ...1875 colloq.
• GITLET an illegitimate child ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE EGG an illegitimate child ...1973 Amer. dial.
• HAYSTACK KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL a bastard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIT an illegitimate child ...1913 sl.
• ILLEGIM an illegitimate child ...1900s Aust. sl.
• ILLY an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• INCIDENT a bastard ...20C US colloq.
• LEFT-HAND SON a male bastard ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD. an illegitimate child ...19C euphemism
• LOVE-BRAT. an illegitimate child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOVE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1805
• MAMZER † a bastard ...1562
• MAVERICK an orphan child; an illegitimate child ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOT an illegitimate child ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOTTEN an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIRACLE BABY a baby born less than nine months after a couple's wedding; an illegitimate baby ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISFORTUNE an illegitimate child ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOONCALF a bastard ...1944 Amer. dial.
• NATURAL a bastard ...c1696 sl.
• NATURAL BAIRN an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NATURAL-CHILD a bastard ...17C
• NEPHEW the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic ...1587 euphemism
• NIECE a priest's illegitimate daughter, or concubine ...1848 sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) an illegitimate child ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ODD CHILD an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OE an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents ...1704 Sc.
• OFF-GETT an illegitimate child ...1823 Sc.
• OFF-GIRL an illegitimate girl ...20C US dial.
• OFFSPRING an illegitimate child ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD KID an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLDFIELDS COLT an illegitimate child ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ONUS CHILD. an illegitimate child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN CHILD an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUT-CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C Caribbean usage
• OUTLAW a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE CHILD an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE CHILE an illegitimate child ...20C Trinidad
• OUTSIDE DAUGHTER an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE KID an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDER a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1913 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE SON an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• PASTURE BABY a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PASTURE COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUAEGEMES an illegitimate child ...E18 sl.
• SIDEHILL BABY an illegitimate child ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-SLIP a bastard; an illegitimate child ...1872 Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIND a bastard, an illegitimate child ...c1780 Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C US colloq.
• SON OF A GUN † a soldier's illegitimate son
• WAR BABY an illegitimate child, conceived and born while the mother's husband is away on active service ...1910s sl.
• WHORESON the bastard son of a whore
• WILD COLT the child of an unwed mother ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WILD OAT a child born out of wedlock ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WOOD-PATCH BABY a child whose parents were not married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE KID an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODS CHILD an illegitimate child ...1908 Amer. dial.
• WOODS COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1860 Amer. dial.
• WOODS KID an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOODS RABBIT a child whose parents were not married ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YARD BABY an illegitimate child ...1997 Amer. dial.
• YARD CHILD an illegitimate child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• YARD COLT a child whose parents were not married; an illegitimate child ...1968 Amer. dial.
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns, person, other
• PARISH BULL a man with illegitimate children ...1985 Bermuda sl.
ILLEGITIMATE - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• BASTARD 1. to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate ...1549
† 2. to beget a bastard ...Bk1888
• BASTARDIZE †* 1. to beget a bastard ...1605
2. to declare or stigmatize as bastard ...1611
• BASTARDRY † to declare illegitimate ...1644
• BE INCONSISTENT to have a child before marriage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAST A LAGGIN-GIRD to bear an illegitimate child ...1742 Sc.
• GET ONE'S TAIL IN THE WELL of a woman: to have an illegitimate child ...1900 Sc.
• HAVE A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• HAVE CALLUSES ON ONE'S FEET of a child: to be born in less than nine months after marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IMBASTARDIZE †* to render bastard or degenerate ...1649
• MEET WITH A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• PLANT ONE'S CORN BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PLANT ONE'S CROP BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1982 Amer. dial.
• IDOLASTER † idolatrous ...1584
• IDOLATRIC * pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1669
• IDOLATRICAL † pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLATRIOUS †* idolatrous ...1563
• IDOLATROUS of a person: worshipping images or idols; given to the worship of idols or false gods ...1600
• IDOLISH † pert. to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous ...1577-87
• IDOLISTIC recognizing idols, idolatrous ...1846
• IDOLOGRAPHICAL descriptive of idols ...1826
• IDOLOLATRIC † idolatrous ...a1711
• IDOLOLATRICAL † idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLOLATROUS † idolatrous ...a1641
• IDOLOTHYOUS † offered or sacrificed to an idol ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † offered to an idol ...1562
• IDOLOUS † of the nature of an idol; affected to idols; idolatrous ...1546
IDOL - adverbs
• IDOLATRICALLY † in an idolatrous way ...1669
IDOL - nouns
• IDOLATRY the worship of idols or images; the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object ...c1250
• IDOLET † a little idol ...1674
• IDOLILLO † a diminutive idol ...1646
• IDOLISM the act of idolizing, or making an idol of anything ...1825
• IDOLODOULIA veneration of any inferior kind given to idols or images ...1579
• IDOLOLATRY † idolatry ...1550
• IDOLOMANCY divination by idols, images, or figures ...1652
• IDOLOMANIA an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1660
• IDOLOMANY † an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1654
• IDOLOTHISM †* the practice of offering to idols ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † a thing offered to an idol ...1579
• IDOLRY † idolatry ...1535
• MAHOMET † an idol ...?a1500
• MAHOUND † a false god; an idol ...c1205
• MARMOSET † an idol; used scornfully ...1426
• PAGOD an image of a deity, an idol, esp. in India, China, etc. 1582 arch.
• PAGODA †* an idol or image ...1634
IDOL - nouns, person
• ACE a close or best friend; one's hero or idol ...1941 Amer. sl.
• EIDOLOCLAST one who demolishes idols ...1824
• IDOLANT † an idolater ...1592
• IDOLASTER † a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1386
• IDOLATER a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1380
• IDOLATRESS a female idolater ...1613
• IDOLIST a believer in or worshipper of idols; an idolater ...1614
• IDOLOCLAST a breaker or demolisher of idols; an iconoclast ...1843
• IDOLOLATER † an idolater ...a1641
IDOL - verbs
• IDOLATRIZE to make an idol of; to worship idolatrously; fig: to adore; to admire excessively; to idolize ...1615
• IDOLIFY to make idol of ...1838
• IDOLOLATRIFY † to make the object of idolatry ...a1641
IDOLIZE - nouns, person
• IDOLATRIZER one who idolizes ...1642
IDOLIZE - verbs
• THINK THE SUN RISES AND SETS OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1969 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SETS IN THE CRACK OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1914 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1966 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASSHOLE to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1980 sl.
IGNITE - verbs
• TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
IGNITING - adjectives
• IGNITIVE * having the property of igniting or taking fire ...1823
IGNITION - adjectives
• IGNITIOUS †* susceptible of ignition ...1753
IGNOBLE - adjectives
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• NARROW-HEARTED mean, ungenerous, ignoble ...c1200
• WAFF low-born, ignoble, without pedigree or honourable connections ...1815 Sc.
IGNOBLE - nouns
• IGNOBLESSE † the quality of being ignoble ...c1611 nonce word
IGNORANCE - adjectives
• BAYARDLY † characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance ...1636
IGNORANCE - nouns
• IDIOTISM ignorance, lack of knowledge or culture ...1635
• IGNORANCY † ignorance ...1526
• IGNORANTNESS * ignorance ...1632
• ILLITERATURE want of learning, illiteracy, ignorance ...1592
• LEWDHEDE †* ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1401
• LEWDNESS † ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1362
• NESCIENCE lack of knowledge, ignorance ...1612
• OMNINESCIENCE ignorance of everything; universal ignorance ...1856
• PADDY'S PIG the epitome of ignorance ...1974 NZ sl.
• SIMPLEHEAD † simpleness, ignorance ...c1470
• SIMPLESSE † deficiency in knowledge or learning; ignorance; also, lack of mental acuteness, intellectual weakness, foolishness ...c1400 obs. exc. arch.
• UNCUNNESS † ignorance ...c1250
• UNWITENESS † ignorance ...a1225
IGNORANCE - interjections & phrases
• GREEN AS A YELLOW CABBAGE said of one who assumes ignorance or innocence ...1889 Eng. dial.
• OFF TO ANOTHER NASA CONVENTION used for humour when someone who has been displaying their ignorance leaves a room ...1991 US sl.
• SEARCH ME! expressing innocence or ignorance ...1930s US Black sl.
IGNORANT - adjectives
• BOSS weak, ignorant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK stupid, slow-witted, ignorant ...a1660 sl.
• FAR BACK backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth ...1950 Sc.
• FLUNKY ignorant, second-rate ...L19 US sl.
• GOATY awkward; ignorant ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GREEN AS A GOOSEBERRY, AS very ignorant of life; raw and uneducated, inexperienced ...1842
• HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IGGY ignorant ...1910s US sl.
• IGNORANT AS OWL SHIT very ignorant ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IGNORANT AS PADDY'S PIG, AS very ignorant ...1974 NZ sl.
• IMPERITE † unskilled, ignorant ...1708
• INGRAM ignorant ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INSCIOUS † not knowing; lacking knowledge; ignorant ...1633
• JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• KNOW-NOTHING very ignorant; stupid ...a1825
• LEWD † unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant ...a1225
• LEWED † ignorant, unlearned ...c1325
• NESCIENT ignorant, destitute of knowledge ...1626
• NESCIOUS †* ignorant; destitute of knowledge ...1633
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BARREL ignorant, stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1914 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO LAP ALUM AND DROOL very stupid, ignorant ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO TOTE GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1960 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BATTLEDORE ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW ANY MORE THAN ADAM'S OFF-OX ignorant; stupid ...1978 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW AS MUCH AS A LAST YEAR'S BIRD NEST very stupid, ignorant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW DIDDLY ignorant ...1985 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW FROM NOTHING to be ignorant ...1936 US sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 sk,
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1936 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOT ROCK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A JUG OF APPLE CIDER ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A MUSKET ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1862 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A PITCHFORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1985 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A RIFLE BARREL ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A STALK OF BANANAS ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A WIND SCOOP ABOUT SHIP'S WORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1958 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ICE CREAM ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1983 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM MAMMOTH CAVE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1947 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S AILERON ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1969 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ARMPIT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1962 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1897 sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S LEFT FOOT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1966 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM PORK SAUSAGE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1970 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THE BACK SIDE OF A CHECKER BOARD ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THIRD BASE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1955 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S BRASS FROM ONE'S OBOE to be very ignorant; to be stupid ...
• NOT KNOW SHIT FROM SHINOLA to be ignorant ...c1930 US sl.
• NOT KNOW SIC 'EM very ignorant or stupid ...1907 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND to be completely ignorant ...1982 UK sl.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM YOUR ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 UK sl.
• NOT TO KNOW A BEE FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1812 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW A FROM B to be ignorant; not to have the most rudimentary knowledge ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW APPLES FROM ORANGES to be ignorant of the most rudimentary forms of knowledge ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW BEESWAX FROM BULL FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BROOMSTICK to be ignorant or illiterate ...1856 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BUFFALO'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1832 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1792 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BAT'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLFROG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S ASS to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S BAG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLSHIT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLY to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASSHOLE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEADOODLE not to know anything, ignorant ...2000 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEA-TURKEY not to know the simplest thing; ignorant ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OMNINESCIENT ignorant of everything ...1890
• PIG-IGNORANT extremely ignorant ...1972 sl.
• RAW-GABBED speaking confidently and authoritatively on a subject of which one is ignorant ...B1900 Sc.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED † ignorant, simple-minded ...c1400
• UNACQUAINT not acquainted, unfamiliar, ignorant ...1716 Sc.
• UNAWARES † ignorant, not aware, of something ...1548
• UNBOOTED native, ignorant ...1940s US Black sl.
• UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT completely and dramatically ignorant about a particular subject ...1988 US sl.
• UNCONFIRMED † uninstructed, ignorant ...1588 obs.
• UNCOUTH †* unknowing, ignorant ...c1220
• UNCUNNING ignorant, stupid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNKNOWNST ignorant ...1848 Ireland
• WET BEHIND THE EARS inexperienced, raw, ignorant ...1914 Amer. sl.
IGNORANT - nouns
• IGNORATION † the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge ...1612
• IGNOTION † an ignorant notion; a notion falsely so called ...1647 nonce word
IGNORANT - nouns, person
• ANNAHYDION an ignorant, ill-informed person ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BAYARD one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance ...a1529
• BUFFLEHEAD a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton, a stupid person, a silly person, an ignoramus ...1659
• BEAR'S ASS a fool; an ignoramus ...1960s US college sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• CÁBÓG an ignorant male; a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CALF an ignoramus; a dolt; a weakling ...1553 sl.
• CHERRY PICKER an ignorant rustic; a fool ...1929 US sl.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...L19 sl.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FLY-CATCHER an open-mouthed, ignorant person ...c1820 colloq.
• GAWNICUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUNDER an ignorant, sour-tempered fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• GNAW-POST a stupid, ignorant person; a silly fellow; a fool, a simpleton ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth ...M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1842 Amer. dial.
• GOONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• GREENHEAD * an inexperienced or ignorant person
• GREENHORN an inexperienced person; a novice; a raw recruit; an ignoramus; a simpleton
• GREENIE a greenhorn ...M19 colloq.
• GRUBBER a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive ...1941 Amer. sl.
• I.D.B. an Ignorant Dutch Bastard ...1920s Cockneys' sl.
• IDIOTIST †* a person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated man; a simple man; a clown ...1715
• IG MAN an ignorant man; a fool ...20C US Black sl.
• IGNANT an ignorant, stupid person ...1940s US Black sl.
• IGNARO † one that is ignorant; a fool, a blockhead, a dunce, an ignoramus ...1620
• IGNORAMO † an ignorant person ...1623.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• IMPERITE † an unskilled or ignorant person ...1622
• JABBERKNOWL a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JABBERNOWL a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JACKASS a stupid ignoramus ...Bk1896 sl.
• JACKPINE FARMER a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JACKPINE SAVAGE a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1957 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• KNOW-NOTHING one who knows nothing; an ignorant person; a fool ...1839
• LINTBRAIN a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• LUNK-HEAD an ignoramus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
• QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SARACEN † an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian ...1714
• SIMPLE an ignorant or foolish person ...1643
• SIMPLES those who are unlearned, ignorant, easily misled, unsuspecting, etc. ...1560
• SIMPLICIAN † a simple, ignorant, or innocent person; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SIMPLITIAN * a simple or ignorant fellow; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SNODDIE an ignorant, stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• UNWEOTE † an ignorant person ...a1225
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
IGNORANT - verbs
• BAG ONE'S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• UNKEN to fail to know or recognize; to be ignorant ...1788 Sc.
IGNORANTLY - adverbs
• IMPERITELY † ignorantly ...1657
• LEWDLY † ignorantly; foolishly ...c1380
IGNORE - verbs
• BLANK to deliberately ignore someone ...1977 Brit. sl.
• BLINK to ignore, to evade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COP A DEAF 'UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing ...1920s sl.
• DANCE ASS to ignore the needs of others ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• DEADHEAD to ignore ...2002 UK sl.
• DISRECOGNIZE to discount, to ignore ...1974 Amer. dial.
• DOG to intentionally ignore ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAKE ON SOMEONE to ignore ...1970s US Black sl.
• FAKE OUT to ignore ...1990s US Black sl.
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAFF to insult, to ignore ...1980s US college sl.
• GIVE THE IG to ignore a person deliberately, to snub ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• IG(G) to ignore; to snub; to reject ...1946 Amer. dial.
• KISS OFF to ignore or dismiss rudely and abruptly ...1935 US sl.
• LET HIM R.I.P let him rip, i.e. don't bother about him ...L19 sl.
• NUT ON to ignore ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PASS UP to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT A PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT THE IG ON to ignore somebody; to snub ...1977 Amer. dial.
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again ...L19 US sl.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
IGNORED - adjectives
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
• ICED isolated, ignored ...1970s US Black sl.
• IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT IN IT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASSED UP neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
IGNORED - verbs
• FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• TALK TO A BRICK WALL to speak in vain ...1909
IGNORING - nouns
• IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored ...1865
ILL, ILLNESS - adjectives (also see SICK)
• ABED confined to bed by illness; laid up ...1660
• ABOUT TO DIE taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 ...Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO PASS taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• AILISH slightly ill ...1941 Amer. dial.
• AILY slightly ill, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVER generally ill ...1851 colloq.
• ALL-OVERISH having a general and indefinite sense of illness pervading to the body; not exactly ill, but by no means well ...a1894 Amer. dial.
• AT THE END OF ONE'S ROPE fatally ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD ill, sick, in pain; injured ...1716 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD-A-BED so ill as to be obliged to remain in bed ...1875 Eng. dial.
• BAD IN ONESELF ill generally, but without any particular local ailment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health ...1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD SICK seriously ill ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BELOW PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOKED fatally ill; beyond recovery ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASH indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BUM ill, though not seriously so ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BUMMY ill, though not seriously so, indisposed ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BUNGED UP ill, out of health ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER'S ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• CROOK ill ...1908 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• DANGEROUS in danger from illness; dangerously ill ...1797 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD-A-BIRD nearly dying; ill ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-ILL sick with a mortal malady ...1897 Sc.
• DEATH-SICK sick unto death, mortally sick or ill ...1628
• DEPRAVED weakly, ill ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKEY ill ...1883 Brit. sl.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ill ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWN IN THE MOUTH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DUMPY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING FUNNY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING LIKE THE WRATH OF GOD feeling very ill, esp. if from a bad hangover ...c1950 sl.
• FIN OUT injured, ill; near death ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FRAGILE ill ...1883 sl.
• FUNNY ill ...1898 sl.
• GRIM ill ...1984 sl.
• HAVING THE IMPUCK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAYWIRE ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ICKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ICKY-BOO ill ...1920 sl.
• ICKY-POO ill ...1920 sl.
• IKKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ILL-AFFECTED affected with illness or indisposition; diseased ...1604 obs.
• ILL AS A WITCH, AS very ill ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLISH * somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed ...1637
• IN A BAD WAY ill; in trouble
• INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill ...1889 Eng. dial.
• INDISPOSED ill ...20C colloq.
• IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LEWDLY, poorly, ill ...c1386
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP ill ...1939 sl.
• LOUSY ill ...1933 sl.
• MENDIC sick, ill ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• MICKY sick, ill ...L19 rhyming sl.
• MINDIC sick, ill ...1920s Aust. sl.
• MOBY DICK sick, ill ...1990s rhyming sl.
• NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WIRE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO DICK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SAMPLE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SCRATCH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SNUFF somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO THE MARK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
• OFFAL in ill health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS in bad health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF COLOUR slightly indisposed; ill ...1876 sl.
• OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF OF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S EATS unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1862 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF POLISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF TONE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE LIFT 1. too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1888 Amer. dial.
2. convalescent, getting better after an illness ...1892 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SICK used to denote incapacity due to illness, and receipt of sickness benefit ...1976 sl.
• ON THE SICK-LIST ill ...20C colloq.
• OOLIE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OOLIE-LIKE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OUT OF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PECULIAR ill ...1954 sl.
• POORISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POORLYISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER ill ...1781 sl.
• RAMSHACKLE in a state of ill health, weak ...1889
• RAUNCHY ill, unwell ...1970s US campus sl.
• ROCKY in poor health; ill, unwell ...L18
• ROPEY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROPY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROTTEN ill ...1881 sl.
• ROUGH ill ...a1893 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• SAD-BAD ill; in health; very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BAD very ill ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-POORLY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-SURRILY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SEEDY ill ...1858 sl.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS WITH ONE'S FEET IN THE WOODBOX not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK AS A CAT very sick or ill...L17 sl.
• SICK AS A MULE extremely sick or ill ...M18 sl.
• SICK IN FOURTEEN LANGUAGES very sick or ill indeed ...L19 US sl.
• SICK IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNDER THE WEATHER ill ...1850 sl. orig. US
• VARMENT-LOOKING ill-looking ...1851 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1844 Amer. dial.
ILL, ILLNESS - nouns
• ACCESS a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness ...c1325
• ACME the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis ...c1630 arch.
• ACT pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AIL an illness, ailment, or complaint ...1750 Eng. dial.
• AILING sickness, ailment, a long-standing illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ALL-INS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERISHNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1846 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKENING relapse in illness ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BACK-FLING a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-GAIN a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK-KNOCK a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-THRUST a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLINESS illness, sickness ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BADNESS sickness, illness, disease ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-FEVER illness caused by drinking to excess ...1828 Sc.
• BED-EVIL † illness or sickness that confines to bed ...1609 obs. exc. Sc.
• BLAST a sudden illness; a chill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG, THE. a cold or illness, esp. the flu ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BUNK FATIGUE illness requiring a patient to stay in bed ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CACOPATHY †* an old term for a severe affliction or malady ...1721
• CAPE FEVER a feigned illness ...1830 US nautical sl.
• CRUD any disease or illness ...1932 sl.
• DEAD-ILL a mortal illness ...1822 Sc.
• DEATH-ILL † mortal illness ...c1425
• DECUMBITURE † a taking to one's bed through illness ...1647
• EPIZOOTIC a human illness or ailment ...c1883 Amer. dial.
• EVIL an ill, complaint, illness; a swelling on the neck or other local affliction ...1683 Eng. dial.
• FAKING counterfeiting illness ...M19 UK prison sl.
• GANDIVEESE a trifling or imaginary illness, esp. one used as an excuse for shirking work ...1900 Sc.
• GASTRO gastroenteritis ...1975 Aust. sl.
• GOLLYWOBBLES a stomach-ache; a general feeling of discomfort or illness; diarrhoea ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GREEK BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• HUMDUDGEON an imaginary illness; hypochondria ...1785
• ILL illness, pain; disease; difficulty ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILLING †* a being or becoming ill; illness ...1719
• INWARD TROUBLE an internal disease or illness ...1787 Sc.
• KWAAL an illness; a complaint ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• LAG-FEVER a term of ridicule applied to men who, being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness to avoid being sent from jail to the hulks ...1811
• LANGUOR † disease, sickness, illness ...a1300
• MEAGRIES. miseries, ills ...1885 Sc.
• MEDITERRANEAN BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• MISERIES a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLES an imaginary disease or illness ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OFFSET a hindrance, delay; a setback, anything that causes delay; an illness; the time wasted by any hindrance ...1865 Sc.
• ONCOME an illness the cause of which is unknown; a mysterious disease ...1819 Sc.
• ONSET an attack of disease of unknown origin; a sharp attack of illness ...1818 Sc.
• PANTOD a vague or undefined illness; an imaginary illness; a fit; a violent pain ...1901 Amer. dial.
• POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness ...1971 Amer. dial.
• QUEER STREET an imaginary street where people in difficulties are supposed to reside; hence, any difficulty, fix, or trouble, bad circumstances, debt, illness, etc. ...1837 sl.
• SCHOOL-BELL FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS CRAMPS an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SICK † a disease or illness ...a1300 obs.
• SICKIE a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SICKY a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SIEGE a prolonged period of distress, esp. from an illness ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNICK-UP an indefinable illness, not easily cured; a slight ailment ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TAKING † a seizure or attack of disease; a stroke or palsy or the like; an attack of illness; a sudden seizure of pain; a sore, a swelling also, enchantment ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKING-DISEASE an infectious illness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARROW a slight illness, an indisposition ...1866 Sc.
• TURN a sudden feeling of illness ...1775 sl.
• WAFF a slight attack or 'touch; of illness, esp. of cold ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALKING SICKNESS an illness in which the person it still able to get about and is not confined to bed ...1846
• WEARY WILLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIM-WHAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WILLIES, THE feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WIM-WAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOG a germ that causes an illness ...1941 Aust. sl.
• WOOLLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
ILL, ILLNESS - nouns, person
• DECUMBENT † one lying ill in bed ...1641 obs.
• OLD SOLDIER. a deceitful person; one who shams illness ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SICK † a person suffering from illness ...c888
• SICKMAN † a man who is ill ...c1340
ILL, ILLNESS - verbs
• ABRAM to malinger, to fake illness ...M19 sl.
• AIL ALONG to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AIL AROUND to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AILD to make mildly ill; to trouble or upset ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BACKEN to get worse, to have a relapse in illness ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one's responsibilities ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BE TAKEN BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BE TOOK BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BLUFF to feign illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEYE to make or become ill ...1868 Amer. dial.
• CRACK ON to pretend, esp. to pretend to be ill or hurt ...1880s sl. ? orig, military
• ENJOY POOR HEALTH to be ill ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FAIL UP to decline in health; to fall ill ...1914 Amer. dial.
• FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness ...19C Sc.
• FALL † to be taken ill of a disease ...1538
• FEEL LIKE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER to have a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S HEAD-GEAR to have an illness, to get one's death-blow, to be mortally injured ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL AND THE OTHER IN A GRAVE to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S FACE ONE'S WORST LIMB to look ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LINGER to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LINGER ON to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1917 Amer. dial.
• MEGGAR to improve, to get better; to recover from an illness, etc.; to get over an illness ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MUSTER ONE'S BAG to be ill ...L19 Brit. nautical sl., esp. Royal Navy
• PEG OUT to get ill; to die ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• QUAIL to languish; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUEAL † to languish; to fail in any way; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SALIVATE to make severely or fatally ill ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SICK † to suffer illness; to fall ill, to sicken ...a1150
• SICKLE † to be or fall ill, to sicken ...c1000
• TAKE DOWN to reduce in health; to emaciate; to lay low in sickness; to become sick or ill ...1822 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• TAPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAPPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to labour under a disease; to recover from a very severe illness ...1875 Sc.
ILL-ADVISED - adjectives
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GUIDED ill-treated; ill-advised ...1867 Sc.
ILL AT EASE - adjectives
• WINDY nervous; ill at ease ...1916 sl.
ILL-BEHAVED - adjectives
• BEDLAM belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish ...a1535
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
ILL-BEHAVED - nouns, person
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RAKESHAME * one who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow ...1599
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RAPPOCK an ill-behaved person ...c1350 N. Eng. dial.
• TASSET an ill-behaved woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARD DOG an ill-dressed, badly behaved person ...1930s US Black sl.
• YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent ...1785 sl.
ILL-BEHAVING - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727
ILL-BRED - adjectives
• CADDISH offensively ill-bred; the opposite of gentlemanly ...1868 colloq.
• CARTERLY † clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred ...1519
• COMMON AS PIG TRACKS vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered ...1900s sl.
• HAIRY AT THE HEEL said of an ill-bred person; deficient in breeding or manners ...1899
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBRED not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred ...1622
ILL-BRED - nouns
• RAG-MANNERS † low, ill-bred behaviour ...1731
ILL-BRED - nouns, person
• CAD an ill-bred, ill-mannered lout; one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; an upper-class rogue ...1827 sl.
• CALICOT a 'cad'; an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• PIGTRACKS a vulgar, ill-bred person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WARAHOON a noisy ill-bred person ...1960s W. Indies
ILL-COLOURED - adjectives
• RIACH † dun, ill-coloured ...1742 Sc.
ILL-CONDITIONED - adjectives
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FARRANT ugly; ill-conditioned ...1839 Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; foolishly thoughtless ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned, foolishly thoughtless; tawdry ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• YILLYART stubborn; ill-conditioned ...1897 Sc.
ILL-CONDITIONED - nouns, person
• AUGHT an obstinate, ill-conditioned child ...1768 Sc.
• DANDLES an ill-conditioned, mismanaging female ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONDUCTED - nouns, person
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONSIDERED - adjectives
• HALF-COCK ill-considered; inferior ...2002 UK sl.
• UNTHOUGHTED thoughtless, ill-considered ...a1845 Amer. dial.
ILL-CONSTRUCTED - nouns
• BALLY-MUCK an ill-constructed thing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ILL-CONTRIVED - adjectives
• CAM-MANART ill-contrived, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ILL-DESIGNED - adjectives
• NEITHER MAKE NOR SHAPE out of proportion, ill-designed or fashioned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ILL-DEVELOPED - adjectives
• WAN-THRIVEN ill-developed, stunted in growth ...1508 Sc.
ILL-DISPOSED - adjectives
• ILL-HEARTED having an ill heart, ill-disposed, malicious ...a1617
• ILL-THRIVEN peevish, ill-disposed ...1843
• ILL-TURNED † having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed ...a1637
• ILL-WILLY cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
ILL-DOING - adjectives
• MALEFACTORY * ill-doing; criminal ...1871
ILL-DRESSED see DRESSED
ILLEGAL - adjectives
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• AT IT involved in something illegal or bad ...18C sl.
• BUST-OUT unregulated; blatantly illegal ...1962 US sl.
• CROOKED dishonest or illegal ...colloq.
• FAST illegal, corrupt; hedonistic ...E19 sl.
• ILLICENTIOUS †* done without license; unlawful, illegal ...1622
• ILLICITOUS †* illicit, unlawful, illegal, forbidden ...1611
• LAWLESS † of an action: illegal, unlawful ...1557
• MEXICAN (derogatory) cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal ...1912 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER TWO applied to illegal or irregular activity ...2003 India sl.
• SCAB illegal, as of an after-hours drinking club ...1960s sl.
• SHONKIE dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SLY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1828 sl., chiefly Aust.
• TORTIOUS † wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8
• UNLEGAL illegal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLEISUM † unlawful, illegal ...1681 Sc.
ILLEGAL - adverbs
• WRONG in a criminal, illegal manner ...M19 sl.
ILLEGAL - nouns
• ACTION acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity ...Bk2000 criminal sl.
• CAB-JOINT an establishment offering illegal goods or services ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• CONTRACT any illegal or unethical arrangement ...1950s Amer. police sl.
• DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS illegal activity, esp. if concealed ...1938 US sl.
• FUNNY BUSINESS illegal, underhand, or deceitful dealings ...1891 sl.
• TICKLE a successful crime or illegal deal ...1938 sl.
ILLEGAL - nouns, person
• SHONK someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
ILLEGAL - verbs
• FINK to inform on illegal activity ...E20 US sl.
• GET FAST to act in an illegal manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• LAUNDER to change something illegally to make it acceptable or legitimate ...a1961 sl.
ILLEGITIMACY - nouns
• BASE † bastardy; illegitimacy ...1611
• BASENESS † illegitimacy of birth ...1605
• BAST † bastardy, illegitimacy ...1297
• BASTARDICE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISM n. illegitimacy ...1589
• BASTARDRY † illegitimacy ...1483
ILLEGITIMATE - adjectives
• ACCIDENTAL illegitimate ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• BASE illegitimate, bastard ...1570-87
• BASE-BEGOTTEN born out of wedlock ...1793 Amer. dial.
• BASEBORN born out of wedlock ..1946 Amer. dial.
• BAST † bastard, illegitimate ...c1330
• BASTARDED † illegitimate, unfathered ...1579
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET illegitimate ...c1750 colloq.
• BORN WITH BURNT FEET of a child: illegitimate ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGITIME †* illegitimate ...1502
• ILL-GOTTEN illegitimate; good-for-nothing ...1880 Sc.
• 'LONG-OF-THE-PATH illegitimate ...1950 Amer. dial. Black usage
• MERRY-BEGOT illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOTTEN illegitimate ...1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-BRAND of a child: illegitimate ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• OUTSIDE illegitimate ...L19 US Black sl.
• PASTURE-BRED "laid in the field before being married"; said of a child whose parents were not married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-WIND illegitimate ...1897
• SINISTRAL illegitimate ...1897
• UNBEKENT illegitimate; of unknown parentage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLAWFULLY BEGOTTEN pert. to a bastard
• UNLEGAL of a child: illegitimate ...1967 Amer. dial.
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns
• BASTARDING † 1. the act of declaring a child illegitimate ...1563
† 2. the begetting of a bastard ...1677
• BASTARDLINESS †* bastardly or illegitimate quality ...1656
• BASTARDY 1. the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth ...1292
† 2. bastards collectively, bastard brood ...1599
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns, person
• ABISHAG the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man ...19C sl.
• ACCIDENT an illegitimate child; a bastard ...L19 sl.
• ADULTERINE * an illegitimate child ...1798
• ALLEY CAT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASH-BARREL BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• B a bastard ...1921 Aust. sl.
• BABE OF LOVE an illegitimate child ....E18 euphemism
• BABY IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACHELOR'S BABY an illegitimate child ...L18 sl.
• BACHELOR'S SON an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
• BASE † a bastard ...1591
• BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C US colloq.
• BASE-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1689 Eng. dial.
• BASE-SON an illegitimate son ...19C Eng. dial.
• BASTARD a child born of unlawful sexual intercourse; a child conceived in haste, as on a bed-roll ...13C
• BASTERLY-GULLION † the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BATCHELOR'S SON an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
• BEELZEBUB a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BELL-BASTARD the illegitimate child of a woman who is herself illegitimate ...1756 Eng. dial.
• BELZIBUB a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRAT an illegitimate child ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BRIER BABY an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIERPATCH KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH COLT an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BUSH BABY an illegitimate child ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BUSH CHILD an illegitimate child ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACKER an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BY-BLOW an illegitimate child ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BY-SON an illegitimate son ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BY-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BY-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEETING BABY an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-COLT an illegitimate child ...1901 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE BLOW an illegitimate child ...1852 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE CHILD an illegitimate child ...M19 sl.
• CHILD IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHILD OF SHAME a child born to an unmarried woman ...ME arch.
• COME-BY-CHANCE an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
• COME-O'-WILL an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
• DITCH-EDGE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT CHILD an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FENCE-CORNER KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FETCH an illegitimate or abandoned child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FIELD COLT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FIELD RABBIT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FILLY an illegitimate female child ...1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
• FLY-BLOW a bastard ...1875 colloq.
• GITLET an illegitimate child ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE EGG an illegitimate child ...1973 Amer. dial.
• HAYSTACK KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL a bastard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIT an illegitimate child ...1913 sl.
• ILLEGIM an illegitimate child ...1900s Aust. sl.
• ILLY an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• INCIDENT a bastard ...20C US colloq.
• LEFT-HAND SON a male bastard ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD. an illegitimate child ...19C euphemism
• LOVE-BRAT. an illegitimate child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOVE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1805
• MAMZER † a bastard ...1562
• MAVERICK an orphan child; an illegitimate child ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOT an illegitimate child ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOTTEN an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIRACLE BABY a baby born less than nine months after a couple's wedding; an illegitimate baby ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISFORTUNE an illegitimate child ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOONCALF a bastard ...1944 Amer. dial.
• NATURAL a bastard ...c1696 sl.
• NATURAL BAIRN an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NATURAL-CHILD a bastard ...17C
• NEPHEW the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic ...1587 euphemism
• NIECE a priest's illegitimate daughter, or concubine ...1848 sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) an illegitimate child ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ODD CHILD an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OE an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents ...1704 Sc.
• OFF-GETT an illegitimate child ...1823 Sc.
• OFF-GIRL an illegitimate girl ...20C US dial.
• OFFSPRING an illegitimate child ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD KID an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLDFIELDS COLT an illegitimate child ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ONUS CHILD. an illegitimate child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN CHILD an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUT-CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C Caribbean usage
• OUTLAW a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE CHILD an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE CHILE an illegitimate child ...20C Trinidad
• OUTSIDE DAUGHTER an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE KID an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDER a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1913 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE SON an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• PASTURE BABY a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PASTURE COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUAEGEMES an illegitimate child ...E18 sl.
• SIDEHILL BABY an illegitimate child ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-SLIP a bastard; an illegitimate child ...1872 Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIND a bastard, an illegitimate child ...c1780 Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C US colloq.
• SON OF A GUN † a soldier's illegitimate son
• WAR BABY an illegitimate child, conceived and born while the mother's husband is away on active service ...1910s sl.
• WHORESON the bastard son of a whore
• WILD COLT the child of an unwed mother ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WILD OAT a child born out of wedlock ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WOOD-PATCH BABY a child whose parents were not married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE KID an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODS CHILD an illegitimate child ...1908 Amer. dial.
• WOODS COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1860 Amer. dial.
• WOODS KID an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOODS RABBIT a child whose parents were not married ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YARD BABY an illegitimate child ...1997 Amer. dial.
• YARD CHILD an illegitimate child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• YARD COLT a child whose parents were not married; an illegitimate child ...1968 Amer. dial.
ILLEGITIMATE - nouns, person, other
• PARISH BULL a man with illegitimate children ...1985 Bermuda sl.
ILLEGITIMATE - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• BASTARD 1. to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate ...1549
† 2. to beget a bastard ...Bk1888
• BASTARDIZE †* 1. to beget a bastard ...1605
2. to declare or stigmatize as bastard ...1611
• BASTARDRY † to declare illegitimate ...1644
• BE INCONSISTENT to have a child before marriage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAST A LAGGIN-GIRD to bear an illegitimate child ...1742 Sc.
• GET ONE'S TAIL IN THE WELL of a woman: to have an illegitimate child ...1900 Sc.
• HAVE A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• HAVE CALLUSES ON ONE'S FEET of a child: to be born in less than nine months after marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IMBASTARDIZE †* to render bastard or degenerate ...1649
• MEET WITH A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• PLANT ONE'S CORN BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PLANT ONE'S CROP BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1982 Amer. dial.