Illimitable
(Il*lim"it*a*ble) a. [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F. illimitable.] Incapable of being limited or
bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.
The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty.
De Quincey. Syn. — Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable; infinite; immense; vast.
— Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness, n. — Il*lim"it*a*bly, adv.
Illimitation
(Il*lim`it*a"tion) n. [Pref. il- not + limitation: cf. F. illimitation.] State of being illimitable; want
of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.
Illimited
(Il*lim"it*ed) a. Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall. — Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n.
The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally much spoken of.
Clarendon. Illinition
(Il`li*ni"tion) n. [L. illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in, on + linire, linere, to smear.]
1. A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.
2. A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [R.]
A thin crust or illinition of black manganese.
Kirwan. Illinois
(Il`li*nois") n.sing. & pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied
the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.
Illiquation
(Il`li*qua"tion) n. [Pref. il- in + L. liquare to melt.] The melting or dissolving of one thing
into another.
Illish
(Ill"ish) a. Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell.
Illision
(Il*li"sion) n. [L. illisio, fr. illidere, illisum, to strike against; pref. il- in + laedere to strike.]
The act of dashing or striking against. Sir T. Browne.
Illiteracy
(Il*lit"er*a*cy) n.; pl. Illiteracies [From Illiterate.]
1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability
to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.
Pope. Illiteral
(Il*lit"er*al) a. Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson.
Illiterate
(Il*lit"er*ate) a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus learned. See In- not, and Literal.] Ignorant
of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
Syn. — Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See Ignorant.
— Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. — Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.
Illiterature
(Il*lit"er*a*ture) n. Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.
Ill-judged
(Ill"-judged`) a. Not well judged; unwise.
