English Explanatory Dictionary

illth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɪlθ/

Word forms

illth

Etymology

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

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