Illsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by ill or illness

    "Some illsome swain / Doth plant the prickly thorn amid Love's bloom, / To sorrow turned!"

Example

More examples

"Some illsome swain / Doth plant the prickly thorn amid Love's bloom, / To sorrow turned!"

Etymology

From ill + -some.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.