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From the suffix "-th" added to "ill", coined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin John Ruskin] as an opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth], in the sense of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ill ill] being the opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well well]. | From the suffix "-th" added to "ill", coined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin John Ruskin] as an opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth], in the sense of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ill ill] being the opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well well]. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation=== | ||
* | * イルス | ||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
# The opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth]; that which, by its [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/possession possession], causes [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/damage damage] of some kind. | # The opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth]; that which, by its [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/possession possession], causes [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/damage damage] of some kind. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 1 April 2026
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation
[edit]- イルス
Noun
[edit]- The opposite of wealth; that which, by its possession, causes damage of some kind.
