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Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== 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=== * /ɪlθ/ ===Noun=== # The opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth]; that which, by its [https://en.wiktionary.or..." |
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# 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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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
- The opposite of wealth; that which, by its possession, causes damage of some kind.
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