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ˈill-ˈwilling, a. rare.
[f. ill adv. or ? n. + willing ppl. a. Cf. OE. yfel-willende, L. malevolens.]
1. Wishing evil to another; cherishing ill will; malevolent. In first two quots. as n. = ill-willer.
a1300Cursor M. 6829 If þou find oþin ilwilland [v.r. ill⁓willand]..his beist ligand. a1300E.E. Psalter xliii. 6 In þe sal blaw with horn our il wiland. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. v. 240 This same ill-willing world might think it was.
†2. Unwilling; in quot. 1579–80 as adv. Unwillingly. Obs.
c1520Barclay tr. Sallust 82 b, And compelled them that were frowarde and ylwillyng to labour. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 281 The People went very ill willing, and they had much ado to keep them together.
Hence ill-ˈwillingness = ill will 1.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxxiv. 20 Restore my saule fra ill willandnes of þaim. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Malveuillance, ill willingnesse. |