ill-setadj.

Etymology: < ill adv. + set adj.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈill-ˈset.

1. Badly set or placed; in quot. a1627, in reference to type-setting; in quot. 1660 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]

unbecomelyc1200

uncomelyc1230

unsetec1325

unconablea1340

unhonestc1380

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

disconvenienta1425

unjustc1443

unconvenient1450

unsoundablec1450

inconvenientc1460

unorderly1471

mis-seeminga1522

unconvenable1542

undecent1546

ungreeing1560

graceless1562

unsetting1567

unhovable1570

ill1586

uncouth1589

unfittinga1592

unbeseeming1593

seemless1596

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

ill-seta1627

unbeseemly1648

ungainlya1660

indecorous1681

paw-paw1723

ungain-like1796

jive1971

society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [adjective] > of type, badly set or placed

ill-seta1627

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) ii. sig. C4^v Like an ill set book, Whose faults might prove as big as half the volume.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 130 in Justice Vindicated Ignorance, and an ill-set Conscience, excuseth no more from doing what he ought.

2. ‘Evil-disposed, ill-conditioned, having evil propensities’ (Jamieson). Scottish.

ΚΠ

1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxxviii. (Jam.) Auld luckie cries: ‘Ye're o'er ill set; As ye'd hae measure, ye sud met’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	ill-set
释义	ill-setadj. Etymology: < ill adv. + set adj.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈill-ˈset. 1. Badly set or placed; in quot. a1627, in reference to type-setting; in quot. 1660 figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective] unbecomelyc1200 uncomelyc1230 unsetec1325 unconablea1340 unhonestc1380 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 disconvenienta1425 unjustc1443 unconvenient1450 unsoundablec1450 inconvenientc1460 unorderly1471 mis-seeminga1522 unconvenable1542 undecent1546 ungreeing1560 graceless1562 unsetting1567 unhovable1570 ill1586 uncouth1589 unfittinga1592 unbeseeming1593 seemless1596 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 ill-seta1627 unbeseemly1648 ungainlya1660 indecorous1681 paw-paw1723 ungain-like1796 jive1971 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [adjective] > of type, badly set or placed ill-seta1627 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) ii. sig. C4^v Like an ill set book, Whose faults might prove as big as half the volume. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 130 in Justice Vindicated Ignorance, and an ill-set Conscience, excuseth no more from doing what he ought. 2. ‘Evil-disposed, ill-conditioned, having evil propensities’ (Jamieson). Scottish. ΚΠ 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxxviii. (Jam.) Auld luckie cries: ‘Ye're o'er ill set; As ye'd hae measure, ye sud met’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1627
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