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Illth

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English

Etymology

From the suffix "-th" added to "ill", coined by John Ruskin as an opposite of wealth, in the sense of ill being the opposite of well.

Pronunciation

  • /ɪlθ/

Noun

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

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