/ˈɪl.nəs/
#2938 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
A disease, or the time when the body or mind is not well.
Word origin
From ill, which came from Old Norse illr meaning bad, plus the English ending -ness.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- illr
- English cognates
- ill
Examples
.
Illness is the noun; ill is the adjective.
, .
Here illness means a particular disease.
.
"A long illness" means a long time of being unwell.
Used in
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 59.