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IDO - ILLE

IDOL - adjectives
• IDOLASTER † idolatrous ...1584
• IDOLATRIC * pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1669
• IDOLATRICAL † pert. to idolatry; idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLATRIOUS †* idolatrous ...1563
• IDOLATROUS of a person: worshipping images or idols; given to the worship of idols or false gods ...1600
• IDOLISH † pert. to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous ...1577-87
• IDOLISTIC recognizing idols, idolatrous ...1846
• IDOLOGRAPHICAL descriptive of idols ...1826
• IDOLOLATRIC † idolatrous ...a1711
• IDOLOLATRICAL † idolatrous ...1550
• IDOLOLATROUS † idolatrous ...a1641
• IDOLOTHYOUS † offered or sacrificed to an idol ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † offered to an idol ...1562
• IDOLOUS † of the nature of an idol; affected to idols; idolatrous ...1546
idol - adverbs
• IDOLATRICALLY † in an idolatrous way ...1669
idol - nouns 
• IDOLATRY the worship of idols or images; the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object ...c1250
• IDOLET † a little idol ...1674
• IDOLILLO † a diminutive idol ...1646
• IDOLISM the act of idolizing, or making an idol of anything ...1825
• IDOLODOULIA veneration of any inferior kind given to idols or images ...1579
• IDOLOLATRY † idolatry ...1550
• IDOLOMANCY divination by idols, images, or figures ...1652
• IDOLOMANIA an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1660
• IDOLOMANY † an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry ...1654
• IDOLOTHISM †* the practice of offering to idols ...1607
• IDOLOTHYTE † a thing offered to an idol ...1579
• IDOLRY † idolatry ...1535
• MAHOMET † an idol ...?a1500
• MAHOUND † a false god; an idol ...c1205
• MARMOSET † an idol; used scornfully ...1426
• PAGOD an image of a deity, an idol, esp. in India, China, etc. 1582 arch.
• PAGODA †* an idol or image ...1634
idol - person
• ACE a close or best friend; one's hero or idol ...1941 Amer. sl.
• EIDOLOCLAST one who demolishes idols ...1824
• IDOLANT † an idolater ...1592
• IDOLASTER † a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1386
• IDOLATER 1. a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity ...c1380
2. an adorer, idolizer or devoted admirer of some person or thing; one who pays excessive devotion to a famous person ...c1566 
• IDOLATRESS a female idolater ...1613
• IDOLATRIZER one who idolizes; an idolater or idolizer ...1642 
• IDOLIST a believer in or worshipper of idols; an idolater ...1614
• IDOLOCLAST a breaker or demolisher of idols; an iconoclast ...1843
• IDOLOLATER † an idolater ...a1641
idol - verbs 
• IDOLATRIZE to make an idol of; to worship idolatrously; fig: to adore; to admire excessively; to idolize ...1615
• IDOLIFY to make idol of ...1838
• IDOLOLATRIFY † to make the object of idolatry ...a1641
 
IDOLIZE - person
• IDOLATRIZER one who idolizes ...1642
idolize - verbs 
• THINK THE SUN RISES AND SETS OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1969 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SETS IN THE CRACK OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1914 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1966 sl.
• THINK THE SUN SHINES OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASSHOLE to worship stupidly; to idolize in a self-degrading manner ...1980 sl.
 
IGNITE - adjectives
• APT-TINDING † having a tendency to ignite ...1605
ignite - verbs
• TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
IGNITING - adjectives
• IGNITIVE * having the property of igniting or taking fire ...1823
 
IGNITION - adjectives
• IGNITIOUS †* susceptible of ignition ...1753
 
IGNOBLE - adjectives
• DUNGHILL * indicative of a lack of refinement and nobility; ignoble, base, despicable; unsophisticated ...1576
• DUNGHILLED †* of low or inferior rank, birth, or character; debased, degenerate; ignoble, base ...1600
• DUNGHILLY * of the lowest social status or rank; common, vulgar; also, ignoble, base, despicable, dishonourable ...1616 arch.
• HEAN, HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• NARROW-HEARTED mean, ungenerous, ignoble ...c1200
• WAFF low-born, ignoble, without pedigree or honourable connections ...1815 Sc.
ignoble - nouns 
• IGNOBLESSE † the quality of being ignoble ...c1611 nonce word
 
IGNORANCE - adjectives
• BAYARDLY † characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance ...1636
ignorance - nouns 
• IDIOTISM ignorance, lack of knowledge or culture ...1635
• IGNORANCY † ignorance ...1526
• IGNORANTNESS * ignorance ...1632
• ILLITERATURE want of learning, illiteracy, ignorance ...1592
• KNOW-NOTHINGISM wilful ignorance ...1856
• KNOW-NOTHINGNESS the state of knowing nothing; complete ignorance ...a1841
• LEWDHEDE †* ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1401
• LEWDNESS † ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness ...1362
• NESCIENCE lack of knowledge, ignorance ...1612
• OMNINESCIENCE ignorance of everything; universal ignorance ...1856
• PADDY'S PIG the epitome of ignorance ...1974 NZ sl.
• SIMPLEHEAD † simpleness, ignorance ...c1470
• SIMPLESSE † deficiency in knowledge or learning; ignorance; also, lack of mental acuteness, intellectual weakness, foolishness ...c1400 obs. exc. arch.
• UNCUNNESS † ignorance ...c1250
• UNWITENESS † ignorance ...a1225
ignorance - interjections/phrases
• GREEN AS A YELLOW CABBAGE said of one who assumes ignorance or innocence ...1889 Eng. dial.
• OFF TO ANOTHER NASA CONVENTION used for humour when someone who has been displaying their ignorance leaves a room ...1991 US sl.
• SEARCH ME! expressing innocence or ignorance ...1930s US Black sl.
 
IGNORANT - adjectives
• BOSS weak, ignorant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK void of intellectual light, mentally or spiritually blind; unenlightened, uninformed, destitute of knowledge, ignorant ...c1374
• FAR BACK backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth ...1950 Sc.
• FLUNKY ignorant, second-rate ...L19 US sl.
• GOATY awkward; ignorant ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GREEN AS A GOOSEBERRY, AS very ignorant of life; raw and uneducated, inexperienced ...1842
• HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IGGY ignorant ...1910s US sl.
• IGNORANT AS OWL SHIT very ignorant ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IGNORANT AS PADDY'S PIG, AS very ignorant ...1974 NZ sl.
• IMPERITE † unskilled, ignorant ...1708
• INGRAM ignorant ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INSCIOUS † not knowing; lacking knowledge; ignorant ...1633
• JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• KNOWLEDGELESS lacking knowledge; ignorant; uninformed, uneducated ...c1843
• KNOW-NOTHING that knows nothing; extremely or completely ignorant ...1818
• LEWD † unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant ...a1225
• LEWED † ignorant, unlearned ...c1325
• MULLET-HEADED stupid, ignorant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• NESCIENT ignorant, destitute of knowledge ...1626
• NESCIOUS †* ignorant; destitute of knowledge ...1633
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BARREL ignorant, stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1914 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO LAP ALUM AND DROOL very stupid, ignorant ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT ENOUGH SENSE TO TOTE GUTS TO A BEAR ignorant, stupid ...1960 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BATTLEDORE ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW A FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW ANY MORE THAN ADAM'S OFF-OX ignorant; stupid ...1978 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW AS MUCH AS A LAST YEAR'S BIRD NEST very stupid, ignorant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT ignorant; illiterate ...c1401 sl.
• NOT KNOW DIDDLY ignorant ...1985 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW FROM NOTHING to be ignorant ...1936 US sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 sk,
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1936 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOT ROCK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A JUG OF APPLE CIDER ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A MUSKET ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1862 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A PITCHFORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1985 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A RIFLE BARREL ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A STALK OF BANANAS ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1939 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A WIND SCOOP ABOUT SHIP'S WORK ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1958 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ICE CREAM ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1983 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM MAMMOTH CAVE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1947 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S AILERON ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1969 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ARMPIT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1962 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1897 sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S LEFT FOOT ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1966 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM PORK SAUSAGE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1970 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THE BACK SIDE OF A CHECKER BOARD ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1972 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THIRD BASE ignorant, stupid, or confused ...1955 Amer. sl.
• NOT KNOW ONE'S BRASS FROM ONE'S OBOE to be very ignorant; to be stupid ...
• NOT KNOW SHIT FROM SHINOLA to be ignorant ...c1930 US sl.
• NOT KNOW SIC 'EM very ignorant or stupid ...1907 Amer. dial.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND to be completely ignorant ...1982 UK sl.
• NOT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM YOUR ELBOW to be ignorant ...1930 UK sl.
• NOT TO KNOW A BEE FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1812 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW A FROM B to be ignorant; not to have the most rudimentary knowledge ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW APPLES FROM ORANGES to be ignorant of the most rudimentary forms of knowledge ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW BEESWAX FROM BULL FOOT to be ignorant or stupid ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BROOMSTICK to be ignorant or illiterate ...1856 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BUFFALO'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1832 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BULL'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1792 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BAT'S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLFROG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S ASS to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL'S BAG to be ignorant or illiterate ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLSHIT to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLY to be ignorant or illiterate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW ONE'S ASSHOLE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be ignorant; not to possess the most rudimentary knowledge; very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEADOODLE not to know anything, ignorant ...2000 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW PEA-TURKEY not to know the simplest thing; ignorant ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OMNINESCIENT ignorant of everything ...1890
• PIG-IGNORANT extremely ignorant ...1972 sl.
• RAW-GABBED speaking confidently and authoritatively on a subject of which one is ignorant ...B1900 Sc.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED † ignorant, simple-minded ...c1400
• UNACQUAINT not acquainted, unfamiliar, ignorant ...1716 Sc.
• UNASINOUS agreeing in stupidity; displaying ignorance or foolishness by all ...1656
• UNAWARES † ignorant, not aware, of something ...1548
• UNBOOTED native, ignorant ...1940s US Black sl.
​• UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT completely and dramatically ignorant about a particular subject ...1988 US sl.
• UNCONFIRMED † uninstructed, ignorant ...1588 obs.
• UNCOUTH †* unknowing, ignorant ...c1220
• UNCUNNING ignorant, stupid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNKNOWNST ignorant ...1848 Ireland
• WET BEHIND THE EARS inexperienced, raw, ignorant ...1914 Amer. sl.
ignorant - nouns
• IGNORATION † the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge ...1612
• IGNOTION † an ignorant notion; a notion falsely so called ...1647 nonce word
ignorant - person 
• ANNAHYDION an ignorant, ill-informed person ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• APPLE KNOCKER a yokel or bumpkin; an ignorant or naive person ...1902 US colloq.
• ARCHIE BUNKER (derogatory) a man whose background, outlook, and behaviour are likened to those of the television character Archie Bunker, esp. a blue-collar worker having (and vehemently expressing) views considered ignorant or bigoted; also, a person characterized as having ignorant or bigoted views and a vehement, outspoken manner ...1971 US colloq.
• BAAL AGALA an ignoramus; an uncouth person ...Bk1982 Jewish usage
• BARBER'S CLERK a shop-boy who attempts to pass himself off as a gentleman; an ignoramus ...1821 UK sl.
• BAWBAG an ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise detestable person, esp. a man; often used as a disparaging form of address ...1999 Sc.
• BAYARD one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance ...a1529
• BEAR'S ASS a fool; an ignoramus ...1969 US college sl.
• BIFFO a Big Ignorant Fucker From Offaly ...1996 Irish sl. 
• BLIND BUZZARD a worthless, stupid, or ignorant person ...1377
• BUFFLEHEAD a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton, a stupid person, a silly person, an ignoramus ...1659
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BUZZARD a worthless, stupid, or ignorant person ...1377
• CÁBÓG an ignorant male; a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CALF an ignoramus; a dolt; a weakling ...1553 sl.
• CHERRY PICKER an ignorant rustic; a fool ...1929 US sl.
• CHUPIDEE, CHUPIDDY, CHUPIDIE, CHUPIDY a gullible, ignorant fool ...20C W. Indies sl.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...L19 sl.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FLY-CATCHER an open-mouthed,  ignorant person ...c1820 colloq.
• FUZZ-TAIL an unpleasant or ignorant fellow; an unpopular fellow ...1930 sl.
• FUZZY-TAIL an unpleasant or ignorant fellow; an unpopular fellow ...1918 sl.
• GABY a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a stupid or silly fellow; one who gapes and stares about in ignorant wonder ...1796 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• GANCH an awkward, silly fellow; a fool; a boor; an ignoramus; someone who behaves badly ...Bk1880 N. Ireland
• GAUNCH an ignoramus; someone who behaves badly; a fool; a boor ...1997 Ulster sl.
• GAWNICUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GAZOONEY, GAZOONIE, GAZOONY a boy or lad; an inexperienced youth; a foolish, ignorant or eccentric fellow; a naive person ...1914 US sl.
• GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUNDER an ignorant, sour-tempered fellow ...1824 Sc.
• GLUNNER † an ignorant, morose, sour-tempered fellow ...1824 Sc.
• GLUNTER † an ignorant, morose, sour-tempered fellow ...1824 Sc.
• GNAW-POST a stupid, ignorant person; a silly fellow; a fool, a simpleton ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth ...M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1842 Amer. dial.
• GOONUS a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• GREENHEAD * an inexperienced or ignorant person
• GREENHORN an inexperienced person; a novice; a raw recruit; an ignoramus; a simpleton
• GREENIE a greenhorn ...M19 colloq.
• GRUBBER a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive ...1941 Amer. sl.
• HAINT a country bumpkin; a backward ignorant person ...Bk2006 Amer. college & university sl.
• HAIVREL, HAVEREL, HAVERIL, HAVREL a person given to foolish or inconsequential chatter or gossip; also, a stupid or ignorant person, a fool, a simpleton ...1772 Sc.
• HAWBUCK an ungainly or clumsy person; an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a rude, ignorant rustic; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1787
• HAWNYOCK an inexperienced or ignorant person; a hick; a low-class or insignificant person ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HERBY FROM DERBY a hick; an ignorant or silly fellow ...Bk1945 jive usage
• HICK an ignorant countryman; a peasant; a farmer ...1565
• HILLBILLY a person from a remote rural or mountainous area, esp. of the south-eastern US; an uncouth person from such an area; a backward, ignorant, coarse person; a rustic, unsophisticated country person ...1900 chiefly US
• HILL WILLIAM a countrified or rustic person; an ignorant or uncouth person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• I.D.B. an Ignorant Dutch Bastard ...1920s Cockneys' sl.
• IDIOT † a person without learning; an unlearned, ignorant, or uneducated man; a simple man; a clown ...1377
• IDIOTIST †* a person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated man; a simple man; a clown ...1715
• IG MAN an ignorant man; a fool ...20C US Black sl.
• IGNANT an ignorant, stupid person ...1940s US Black sl.
• IGNARO † one that is ignorant; a fool, a blockhead, a dunce, an ignoramus ...1620
• IGNORAMO † an ignorant person ...1623
• IGNUTS an ignorant fool ...1934 US sl. 
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• IMPERITE † an unskilled or ignorant person ...1622
• JABBERKNOWL, JABBERNOWL a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JACKASS a stupid or foolish person; an ineffective and incompetent person; a dolt or an oaf; a blockhead; an ignoramus; a term of contempt...1823 
• JACKPINE FARMER a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JACKPINE SAVAGE a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1957 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911  Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• KNOW-LITTLE * a person who knows little; an ignoramus ...1651
• KNOW-NOTHING a person who knows nothing; a very ignorant person ...1812
• LINTBRAIN a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• LUNK-HEAD an ignoramus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOME †* a fool, a stupid or silly person; a blockhead, a simpleton; a dull, ignorant person; a dolt ...1550
• MOOR-POOT a young person; an ignorant fellow ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• MOUNTAINER * a person who is native to or lives in a mountainous region; a person living in a mountainous region regarded as ignorant, uncivilized, or uneducated ...1577
• MOUNTAIN GRILL (derogatory) a rustic, a hillbilly; an uncouth, ignorant, often ill-mannered boy or man ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MULLET-HEAD a stupid, ignorant person ...1912 Amer. dial.
• MULLY a shiftless rustic; a poor, ignorant person ...1989 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• PHILISTER an ignorant or prejudiced person ...1828
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
• QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1799 W. Indies sl.
• QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1943 W. Indies sl.
• QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1943 W. Indies sl. 
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SARACEN † an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian ...1714
• SAWNEY a fool or simpleton; a silly, half-witted fellow; an ignorant country lout; a soft, good-natured fellow; a clumsy person; a thug ...a1700 
• SIMPLE an ignorant or foolish person ...1643
• SIMPLES those who are unlearned, ignorant, easily misled, unsuspecting, etc. ...1560
• SIMPLICIAN † a simple, ignorant, or innocent person; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SIMPLITIAN * a simple or ignorant fellow; a simpleton ...1600-9
• SNODDIE an ignorant, stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• UNWEOTE † an ignorant person ...a1225
• WOOFIT an oaf; an ignorant person; also, a term of endearment to an infant ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
• YAP an egotistic, yet ignorant fellow ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• YOKEL (usually derogator) a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf ...1812
ignorant - verbs
• BAG ONE'S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly ...1975 Amer. dial. ​
• MISKNOW to be ignorant of, not to know; to misunderstand, to fail to recognize ...1660 Sc.  
• UNKEN to fail to know or recognize; to be ignorant ...1788 Sc.
ignorant - phrases
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND to be very stupid or ignorant ...1968
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ARSE FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be very stupid or ignorant ...1944
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND to be very stupid or ignorant ...1935
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM A MUSKET to be very stupid or ignorant ...1862
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM ONE'S ELBOW to be very stupid or ignorant ...1941
• NOT KNOW ONE'S ASS FROM THIRD BASE to be very stupid or ignorant ...1962

IGNORANTLY - adverbs
• IMPERITELY † ignorantly ...1657
• LEWDLY † ignorantly; foolishly ...c1380
 
IGNORE - verbs
• BLANK to deliberately ignore someone ...1977 Brit. sl.
• BLINK to ignore, to evade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COP A DEAF 'UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing ...1920s sl.
• DANCE ASS to ignore the needs of others ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• DEADHEAD to ignore ...2002 UK sl.
• DISRECOGNIZE to discount, to ignore ...1974 Amer. dial.
• DOG to intentionally ignore ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAKE ON SOMEONE to ignore ...1970s US Black sl.
• FAKE OUT to ignore ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAN to ignore someone or something; to cut a class ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAFF to insult, to ignore ...1980s US college sl.
• GIVE THE IG to ignore a person deliberately, to snub ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• HAVE THE BLIND EYE, TO deliberately to ignore or pretend not to see that which is inconvenient ...Bk1922
• IG(G) to ignore; to snub; to reject ...1946 Amer. dial.
• KISS OFF to ignore or dismiss rudely and abruptly ...1935 US sl.
• LET HIM R.I.P let him rip, i.e. don't bother about him ...L19 sl.
• MISKEN to mistake, not to recognize, to be ignorant of; to ignore, to disown, to refuse to notice ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• NUT ON to ignore ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PASS UP to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PAY NO MIND to ignore ...1910s US sl.
• PUT A PASS to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT THE IG ON to ignore somebody; to snub ...1977 Amer. dial.
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again ...L19 US sl.
• SEND A MAN TO DINGLETY-COOTCH vb. to send a man to Coventry; to ignore or ostracize a person ...1859 Ireland
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
 
IGNORED - adjectives
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...1867 sl. 
• ICED isolated, ignored ...1970s US Black sl.
• IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT IN IT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASSED UP neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ignored - verbs 
• FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• TALK TO A BRICK WALL to speak in vain ...1909
 
IGNORING - nouns
• EYE-BLINKING * an instance of disapproving of or ignoring something impolite or indecorous ...1891
• IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored ...1865
 
ILL, ILLNESS - adjectives (also see SICK)
• ABED confined to bed by illness; laid up ...1660
• ABOUT TO DIE taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 ...Amer. dial.
• ABOUT TO PASS taken seriously or suddenly ill ...1902 Amer. dial.
• AILISH slightly ill ...1941 Amer. dial.
• AILY slightly ill, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER generally ill; of pain, etc.: that affects the whole body ...1861 colloq.
• ALL-OVERISH having a general feeling of illness or agitation that seems to affect the whole body; generally indisposed; off-colour ...1820 colloq.
• AT THE END OF ONE'S ROPE fatally ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD ill, sick, in pain; injured ...1716 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD-A-BED so ill as to be obliged to remain in bed ...1875 Eng. dial.
• BAD IN ONESELF ill generally, but without any particular local ailment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health ...1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BAD SICK seriously ill ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BELOW PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUE AROUND THE GILLS ill; nauseated ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BOOKED fatally ill; beyond recovery ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASH indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BUM ill, though not seriously so ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BUMMY ill, though not seriously so, indisposed ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BUNGED UP ill, out of health ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER'S ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
• CROOK ill ...1908 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• DANGEROUS in danger from illness; dangerously ill ...1797 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD-A-BIRD nearly dying; ill ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-ILL sick with a mortal malady ...1897 Sc.
• DEATH-SICK sick unto death, mortally sick or ill ...1628
• DEPRAVED weakly, ill ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKEY ill ...1883 Brit. sl.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ill ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWN IN THE MOUTH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DUMPY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING FUNNY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEELING LIKE THE WRATH OF GOD feeling very ill, esp. if from a bad hangover ...c1950 sl.
• FIN OUT injured, ill; near death ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FRAGILE ill ...1883 sl.
• FUNNY ill ...1898 sl.
• GREEN ABOUT THE GILLS ill, nauseous, sickly-pale ...1949 UK sl.
• GRIM ill ...1984 sl.
• HAVING THE IMPUCK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAYWIRE ill ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEARTSICK mortally ill, sick unto death ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
• ICKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ICKY-BOO ill ...1920 sl.
• ICKY-POO ill ...1920 sl.
• IKKY ill ...1939 sl.
• ILL-AFFECTED † affected with illness or indisposition; diseased ...1604 
• ILL AS A WITCH, AS very ill ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLISH * somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed ...1637
• IN A BAD WAY ill; in trouble
• INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill ...1889 Eng. dial.
• INDISPOSED ill ...20C colloq.
• IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LEWDLY, poorly, ill ...c1386
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP ill ...1939 sl.
• LOUSY ill ...1933 sl.
• LUNK feeling ill ...L19 Irish sl.
• MENDIC sick, ill ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• MICKY sick, ill ...L19 rhyming sl.
• MINDIC sick, ill ...1920s Aust. sl.
• MOBY DICK sick, ill ...1990s rhyming sl.
• MUFFED-UP suffering from an imaginary or pretended illness ...1954 Amer. dial.
• NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WIRE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO DICK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO PAR somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SAMPLE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SCRATCH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO SNUFF somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT UP TO THE MARK somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
• OFFAL in ill health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS in bad health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF COLOUR slightly indisposed; ill ...1876 sl.
• OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF OF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S EATS unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1965  Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED unable to eat normally; slightly ill; indisposed ...1862 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF POLISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF TONE somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE LIFT 1. too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1888 Amer. dial.
2. convalescent, getting better after an illness ...1892 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SICK used to denote incapacity due to illness, and receipt of sickness benefit ...1976 sl.
• ON THE SICK-LIST ill ...20C colloq.
• OOLIE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OOLIE-LIKE ailing, ill, out-of-sorts ...1929 Sc.
• OUT OF ONE'S FORM somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEAKISH weak, ill ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PECULIAR ill ...1954 sl.
• POORISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POORLYISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKISH somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKY somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER ill ...1781 sl.
• RAMSHACKLE in a state of ill health, weak ...1889
• RAUNCHY ill, unwell ...1970s US campus sl.
• ROCKY in poor health; ill, unwell ...L18
• ROPEY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROPY ill ...1945 sl.
• ROTTEN ill ...1881 sl.
• ROUGH ill ...a1893 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• SAD-BAD ill; in health; very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BAD very ill ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-POORLY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-SURRILY very ill ...Bk19604 Eng. dial.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SEEDY ill ...1858 sl.
• SHITTY unwell, ill ...1920s US sl.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS WITH ONE'S FEET IN THE WOODBOX not seriously sick or ill ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SICK AS A CAT very sick or ill...L17 sl.
• SICK AS A MULE extremely sick or ill ...M18 sl.
• SICK IN FOURTEEN LANGUAGES very sick or ill indeed ...L19 US sl.
• SICK IN ONE'S NAKED BED ill; confined to bed ...1896 Amer. dial.
• TEWLY in ill health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE WEATHER ill ...1850 sl. orig. US
• VARMENT-LOOKING ill-looking ...1851 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1844 Amer. dial.
ill, illness - nouns
• ACCESS a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness ...c1325
• ACME the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis ...c1630 arch.
• ACT pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AIL an illness, ailment, or complaint ...1750 Eng. dial.
• AILING sickness, ailment, a long-standing illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ALL-INS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERISHNESS * a feeling of illness or extreme agitation seeming to affect the whole body ...1820 colloq.
• ALL-OVERNESS * a feeling of illness or extreme agitation seeming to affected the whole body; the state of feeling generally ill ...1792 colloq.
• ALL-OVERS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKENING relapse in illness ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BACK-FLING a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-GAIN a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK-KNOCK a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a relapse in illness ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-THRUST a relapse during illness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BADLINESS illness, sickness ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BADNESS sickness, illness, disease ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BARCOO SPEW illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BARLEY-FEVER illness caused by drinking to excess ...1828 Sc.
• BED-EVIL † illness or sickness that confines to bed ...1609 obs. exc. Sc.
• BLAST a sudden illness; a chill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOT a minor illness; a cold, etc. ...1968 NZ colloq.
• BUG, THE. a cold or illness, esp. the flu ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BUNK FATIGUE illness requiring a patient to stay in bed ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CACOPATHY †* an old term for a severe affliction or malady ...1721
• CAPE FEVER a feigned illness ...1830 US nautical sl.
• CHOKERMAN'S BRUTE any illness not otherwise known or named ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CRUD any disease or illness ...1932 sl.
• DEAD-ILL a mortal illness ...1822 Sc.
• DEATH-ILL † mortal illness ...c1425
• DECUMBITURE † a taking to one's bed through illness ...1647
• EPIZOOTIC a human illness or ailment ...c1883 Amer. dial.
• EVIL an ill, complaint, illness; a swelling on the neck or other local affliction ...1683 Eng. dial.
• FAKING counterfeiting illness ...M19 UK prison sl.
• GANDIVEESE a trifling or imaginary illness, esp. one used as an excuse for shirking work ...1900 Sc.
• GASTRO gastroenteritis ...1975 Aust. sl.
• GOLLYWOBBLES a stomach-ache; a general feeling of discomfort or illness; diarrhoea ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GREEK BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• GROUTIES, THE a general feeling of discomfort or illness; bad feelings ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEART-FEVER an illness or disease ...1886 N. Ireland 
• HUMDUDGEON an imaginary illness; hypochondria ...1785
• ILL illness, pain; disease; difficulty ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILLING †* a being or becoming ill; illness ...1719
• INWARD TROUBLE an internal disease or illness ...1787 Sc.
• JIGGERS feelings of uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JIMJAMS feelings of uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1896 Amer. dial.
• KWAAL an illness; a complaint ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• LAG-FEVER a term of ridicule applied to men who, being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness to avoid being sent from jail to the hulks ...1811
• LANGUOR † disease, sickness, illness ...a1300
• MEAGRIES. miseries, ills ...1885 Sc.
• MEDITERRANEAN BACK a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than 'White' Australians ...1970s Aust. sl.
• MISERIES a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLES an imaginary disease or illness ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYGRUBS, MULLIGRUBS a condition of despondency or ill temper; sulkiness, sullenness, the blues; a vague or imaginary illness ...1806 Amer. dial.
• MONDAYITIS a fictitious illness due to a reluctance to return to work after the weekend ...1908 colloq.
• MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUFF-UPS an imaginary or pretended illness ...1954 Amer. dial.
• OFFSET a hindrance, delay; a setback, anything that causes delay; an illness; the time wasted by any hindrance ...1865 Sc.
• ONCOME an illness the cause of which is unknown; a mysterious disease ...1819 Sc.
• ONSET an attack of disease of unknown origin; a sharp attack of illness ...1818 Sc.
• PANTOD a vague or undefined illness; an imaginary illness; a fit; a violent pain ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PIP, THE illness or malaise in humans ...a1425 humorous usage
• POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness ...1971 Amer. dial.
• QUEER STREET an imaginary street where people in difficulties are supposed to reside; hence, any difficulty, fix, or trouble, bad circumstances, debt, illness, etc. ...1837 sl.
• SCHOOL-BELL FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS CRAMPS an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS FEVER an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOWER an attack of physical or emotional suffering; a bout of illness; a spasm of pain ...a1300 Sc.
• SICK † a disease or illness ...a1300 obs.
• SICKIE a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SICKY a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work ...1953 Aust. sl.
• SIEGE a prolonged period of distress, esp. from an illness ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNICK-UP an indefinable illness, not easily cured; a slight ailment ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TAKING † a seizure or attack of disease; a stroke or palsy or the like; an attack of illness; a sudden seizure of pain; a sore, a swelling also, enchantment ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKING-DISEASE an infectious illness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARROW a slight illness, an indisposition ...1866 Sc.
• TURN a sudden feeling of illness ...1775 sl.
• WAFF a slight attack or 'touch; of illness, esp. of cold ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALKING SICKNESS an illness in which the person it still able to get about and is not confined to bed ...1846
• WEARY WILLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIM-WHAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHISKEY-ROT any unspecified illness ...1970 US sl.
• WILLIES, THE feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WIM-WAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOG a germ that causes an illness ...1941 Aust. sl.
• WOOLLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
ill, illness - person
COT-CASE a very ill, highly intoxicated, or bedridden person ...1897
• DECUMBENT † one lying ill in bed ...1641 
• OLD SOLDIER a deceitful person; one who shams illness ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SICK † a person suffering from illness ...c888
• SICKMAN † a man who is ill ...c1340
ill, illness - verbs 
• ABRAM to malinger, to fake illness ...M19 sl.
• ACT POSSUM † to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• AIL ALONG to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AIL AROUND to be or seem to be slightly ill ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AILD to make mildly ill; to trouble or upset ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BACKEN to get worse, to have a relapse in illness ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one's responsibilities ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BE TAKEN BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BE TOOK BAD to have fallen ill ...M19 sl.
• BLUFF to feign illness ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEYE to make or become ill ...1868 Amer. dial.
• COME THE POSSUM OVER A PERSON † to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• CRACK ON to pretend, esp. to pretend to be ill or hurt ...1880s sl. ? orig, military
• ENJOY POOR HEALTH to be ill ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FAIL UP to decline in health; to fall ill ...1914 Amer. dial.
• FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness ...19C Sc.
• FALL † to be taken ill of a disease ...1538
• FEEL LIKE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER to have a general feeling of discomfort or illness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S HEAD-GEAR to have an illness, to get one's death-blow, to be mortally injured ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• GRUNT to be ill or ailing ...1893 Amer. dial.
• GRUNT AROUND to be ill or ailing ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL AND THE OTHER IN A GRAVE to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S FACE ONE'S WORST LIMB to look ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE-UP to show signs of renewed interest or spirit; to brighten or perk up; to recover from illness or sadness ...1866 Sc.
• LINGER to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LINGER ON to ail, to have a continuing illness ...1917 Amer. dial.
• MEGGAR to improve, to get better; to recover from an illness, etc.; to get over an illness ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MUSTER ONE'S BAG to be ill ...L19 Brit. nautical sl., esp. Royal Navy
• PATIATE †* to suffer from an illness or disability ...1653 
• PEG OUT to get ill; to die ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PLAY POSSUM to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• QUAIL to languish; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUEAL † to languish; to fail in any way; to fall ill; to faint; to have a sinking sensation in the stomach ...1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SALIVATE to make severely or fatally ill ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SICK † to suffer illness; to fall ill, to sicken ...a1150
• SICKLE † to be or fall ill, to sicken ...c1000
• TAKE DOWN to reduce in health; to emaciate; to lay low in sickness; to become sick or ill ...1822 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• TAPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAPPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to labour under a disease; to recover from a very severe illness ...1875 Sc.
 
ILL-ADVISED - adjectives
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GUIDED ill-treated; ill-advised ...1867 Sc.
 
ILL AT EASE - adjectives
• WINDY nervous; ill at ease ...1916 sl.
 
ILL-BEHAVED - adjectives
• BEDLAM belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish ...a1535
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
​• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
ill-behaved - person
• OOBIT an unkempt or uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc. 
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000 
• RAKESHAME * one who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow ...1599
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RAPPOCK an ill-behaved person ...c1350 N. Eng. dial.
• TAISTREL, TAISTRILL an ill-mannered, ill-behaved, or mischievous boy; one given to playing pranks ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• TASSET an ill-behaved woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• YARD DOG an ill-dressed, badly behaved person ...1930s US Black sl.
• YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent ...1785 sl.
 
ILL-BEHAVING - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727

ILL-BODING - adjectives
• BYSENING † ill-boding, portentous; monstrous; frightful ...c1375

ILL-BRED - adjectives
• CADDISH offensively ill-bred; the opposite of gentlemanly ...1868 colloq.
• CARTERLY † clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred ...1519
• COMMON AS PIG TRACKS vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered ...1900s sl.
• HAIRY AT THE HEEL said of an ill-bred person; deficient in breeding or manners ...1899
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBRED not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred ...1622
ill-bred - nouns
• RAG-MANNERS † low, ill-bred behaviour ...1731
ill-bred - person 
• CAD (offensive) one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; a low, vulgar, ill-mannered fellow; a base, vile person; an ill-bred person; an upper-class rogue; a blackguard; a term of abuse ...1838 colloq.
• CALICOT a 'cad'; an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl; a romp; a rude or ill-bred girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIGTRACKS a vulgar, ill-bred person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WARAHOON a noisy ill-bred person ...1976 W. Indies
• YAP a low or ill-bred person ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
ILL-COLOURED - adjectives
• RIACH † dun, ill-coloured ...1742 Sc.
 
ILL-CONDITIONED - adjectives
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FARRANT ugly; ill-conditioned ...1839 Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; foolishly thoughtless ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned, foolishly thoughtless; tawdry ...1706 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• YILLYART stubborn; ill-conditioned ...1897 Sc.
ill-conditioned - person
• AUGHT an obstinate, ill-conditioned child ...1768 Sc.
• BAD AUGHT an obstinate, ill-conditioned child ...1825 Sc.
• DANDLES an ill-conditioned, mismanaging female ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HERLE a mischievous dwarf; an ill-conditioned child ...1825 Sc.
• TAISTRIL(L) a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• TEASTRIL a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a crabbed, peevish fellow ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• URF, URPH a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WARF a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a puny, contemptible person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person ...1818 Sc.
• WURF - a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person ...1838 Sc. 

ILL-CONDUCTED - person
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
ILL-CONSIDERED - adjectives
• HALF-COCK ill-considered; inferior ...2002 UK sl.
• UNTHOUGHTED thoughtless, ill-considered ...a1845 Amer. dial.
 
ILL-CONSTRUCTED - nouns
• BALLY-MUCK an ill-constructed thing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
ILL-CONTRIVED - adjectives
• CAM-MANART ill-contrived, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
ILL-DESIGNED - adjectives
• NEITHER MAKE NOR SHAPE out of proportion, ill-designed or fashioned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
ILL-DEVELOPED - adjectives
• WAN-THRIVEN ill-developed, stunted in growth ...1508 Sc.
 
ILL-DISPOSED - adjectives
• ILL-HEARTED having an ill heart, ill-disposed, malicious ...a1617 
• ILL-THRIVEN peevish, ill-disposed ...1843
• ILL-TURNED † having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed ...a1637
• ILL-WILLY cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
 
ILL-DOING - adjectives
• MALEFACTORY * ill-doing; criminal ...1871
 
ILL-DRESSED see DRESSED
 
ILLEGAL - adjectives
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• AT IT involved in something illegal or bad ...18C sl.
• BUST-OUT unregulated; blatantly illegal ...1962 US sl.
• CROOKED dishonest or illegal ...colloq.
• FAST illegal, corrupt; hedonistic ...E19 sl.
• ILLICENTIOUS †* done without license; unlawful, illegal ...1622
• ILLICITOUS †* illicit, unlawful, illegal, forbidden ...1611
• JARG illegal, stolen, counterfeit ...2000s sl.
• LAWLESS † of an action: illegal, unlawful ...1557
• MEXICAN (derogatory) cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal ...1912 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER TWO applied to illegal or irregular activity ...2003 India sl.
• SCAB illegal, as of an after-hours drinking club ...1960s sl.
• SHONKIE dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1970 Aust. sl.
• SLY dishonestly or illegally acquired or produced ...1828 sl., chiefly Aust.
• TORTIOUS † wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8
• UNLEGAL illegal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLEISUM † unlawful, illegal ...1681 Sc.
illegal - adverbs
• WRONG in a criminal, illegal manner ...M19 sl.
illegal - nouns 
• ACTION acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity ...Bk2000 criminal sl.
• CAB-JOINT an establishment offering illegal goods or services ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• CONTRACT any illegal or unethical arrangement ...1950s Amer. police sl.
• DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS illegal activity, esp. if concealed ...1938 US sl.
• FIX an illegal arrangement ...1948 US sl.
• FUNNY BUSINESS illegal, underhand, or deceitful dealings ...1891 sl.
• SCORE a sale, esp. of drugs or something illegal ...1914 US sl.
• TICKLE a successful crime or illegal deal ...1938 sl.
illegal - person
• BROKER a go-between in a drug deal, or in any illegal transaction ...1930s drugs sl.
• HIGH ROLLER anyone engaged in any big illegal moneymaking scheme ...Bk2000 US Black sl.
• SHONK someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
• SHONKY someone who engages in sharp practice; one who is involved in irregular or illegal business activities ...1979 Aust. sl.
illegal - verbs 
• FINK to inform on illegal activity ...E20 US sl.
• GET FAST to act in an illegal manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• LAUNDER to change something illegally to make it acceptable or legitimate ...a1961 sl.
 
ILLEGITIMACY - nouns
• BASE † bastardy; illegitimacy ...1611
• BASENESS † illegitimacy of birth ...1605
• BAST † bastardy, illegitimacy ...1297
• BASTARDICE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISE † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
• BASTARDISM n. illegitimacy ...1589
• BASTARDRY † illegitimacy ...1483
 
ILLEGITIMATE - adjectives
• ACCIDENTAL illegitimate ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ADULTERINE illegal, illegitimate, unlicensed ...1640
• BASE illegitimate, bastard ...1570-87
• BASE-BEGOTTEN born out of wedlock ...1793 Amer. dial.
• BASEBORN born out of wedlock ..1946 Amer. dial.
• BAST † bastard, illegitimate ...c1330
• BASTARDED † illegitimate, unfathered ...1579
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET illegitimate ...c1750 colloq.
• BORN WITH BURNT FEET of a child: illegitimate ...1973 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGITIME †* illegitimate ...1502
• ILL-GOTTEN illegitimate; good-for-nothing ...1880 Sc.
• 'LONG-OF-THE-PATH illegitimate ...1950 Amer. dial. Black usage
• MERRY-BEGOT illegitimate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOTTEN illegitimate ...1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISBEGOT illegitimate ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• OFF-BRAND of a child: illegitimate ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• OUTSIDE illegitimate ...L19 US Black sl.
• PASTURE-BRED "laid in the field before being married"; said of a child whose parents were not married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-WIND illegitimate ...1897
• SINISTRAL illegitimate ...1897
• UNBEKENT illegitimate; of unknown parentage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLAWFULLY BEGOTTEN pert. to a bastard 
• UNLEGAL of a child: illegitimate ...1967 Amer. dial.
illegitimate - nouns
• BASTARDING † 1. the act of declaring a child illegitimate ...1563
† 2. the begetting of a bastard ...1677
• BASTARDLINESS †* bastardly or illegitimate quality ...1656
• BASTARDY 1. the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth ...1292
† 2. bastards collectively, bastard brood ...1599
illegitimate - person 
• ABAST an illegitimate child or bastard ...Bk1852
• ABISHAG the illegitimate child of a mother seduced and abandoned by a married man; a nobleman's bastard ...a1821 sl.
• ACCIDENT a child whose conception was not planned; an illegitimate child ...1850 colloq. 
• ADULTERINE * an illegitimate child ...1798
• ALLEY CAT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASH-BARREL BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• B a bastard ...1921 Aust. sl.
• BABE OF LOVE † a love-child, an illegitimate child ...1728 poetic usage
• BABY IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACHELOR'S BABY an illegitimate child ...1899 sl.
• BACHELOR'S SON an illegitimate child ...1657 sl.
• BANTLIN, BANTLING a young or small child; an infant; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1593
• BANTY a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1948 US 
• BAISE, BASE † a bastard ...1571
• BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C US colloq.
• BASE-BORN one of humble or illegitimate birth ...1569
• BASE-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1689 Eng. dial.
• BASE-SON an illegitimate son ...Bk1855
• BASKET - an illegitimate child ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• BAST - † an illegitimate person ...Bk1855
• BASTARD one begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child ...1297
• BASTARDLY GULLION a bastard’s bastard ...c1786 UK sl.
• BASTERLY-GULLION † the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BASTERTLY-BORN the illegitimate child of a bastard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATCHELOR’S SON an illegitimate child ...1657 sl.
• BEELZEBUB, BELZIBUB a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BELL-BASTARD the illegitimate child of a woman who is herself illegitimate ...1756 Eng. dial.
• BISPEL † a natural child, an illegitimate child ...Bk1880
• BLACKBERRY BABY an illegitimate child ...Bk1996 Amer. dial.  
• BRAT an illegitimate child ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BRIER BABY an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIERPATCH KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH COLT an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BUSH BABY an illegitimate child ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BUSH CHILD an illegitimate child ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACKER an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BY-BLOW one who comes into the world by a side stroke; an illegitimate child, a bastard ...1595
• BY-CHOP † a bastard ...a1637
• BY-CHILD an illegitimate child ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BY-SCAPE †* a bastard ...1646
• BY-SLIP † a bastard ...a1670
• BY-SON an illegitimate son ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BYSPEL † an illegitimate child ...1781
​• BY-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEETING BABY an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-COLT an illegitimate child ...1901 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE BLOW an illegitimate child ...1852 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE CHILD an illegitimate child ...M19 sl.
• CHILD IN THE BUSHES an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHILD OF SHAME a child born to an unmarried woman ...ME arch.
• COME-BY-CHANCE an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
• COME-O'-WILL an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
• DITCH-EDGE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT BABY an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• ENGAGEMENT CHILD an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FENCE-CORNER KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FETCH an illegitimate or abandoned child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FIELD COLT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FIELD RABBIT an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FILLY an illegitimate female child ...1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
• FLY-BLOW a bastard ...1875 colloq.
• GET, GETT, GHET a term of contempt for a child, a brat; a bastard ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GIMBO † the natural child of a natural child; a bastard's bastard ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GITLET an illegitimate child ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE EGG an illegitimate child ...1973 Amer. dial.
• HARECOPPE † a bastard ...Bk1886
• HASTY PUDDING a bastard; an illegitimate child ...c1617 UK sl.
• HAYSTACK KID an illegitimate child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ILLEGAL a bastard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIBLE an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLEGIT an illegitimate child ...1913 sl.
• ILLEGIM an illegitimate child ...1900s Aust. sl.
• ILLY an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• INCIDENT an illegitimate child ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LEFT-HAND SON a male bastard ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD. an illegitimate child ...19C euphemism
• LOVE-BRAT an illegitimate child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOVE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1805
• MAMZER † a bastard ...1562
• MAVERICK an orphan child; an illegitimate child ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MERRY-BEGOT an illegitimate child ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MERRY BEGOTTEN a love child ...1797
• MIDNIGHT BABY a bastard ...1984 Amer. euphemism 
• MIRACLE BABY a baby born less than nine months after a couple's wedding; an illegitimate baby ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISBEGOT an illegitimate child ...Bk1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• MISFORTUNE an illegitimate child ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISHAP-CHILD an illegitimate child ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• MOONCALF a bastard ...1944 Amer. dial.
• NATURAL a bastard ...c1696 sl.
• NATURAL BAIRN an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NATURAL-CHILD a bastard ...17C
• NEPHEW the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic ...1587 euphemism
• NIECE a priest's illegitimate daughter, or concubine ...1848 sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) an illegitimate child ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ODD CHILD an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OE an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents ...1704 Sc.
• OFF-GETT an illegitimate child ...1823 Sc.
• OFF-GIRL an illegitimate girl ...20C US dial.
• OFFSPRING an illegitimate child ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD KID an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLDFIELDS COLT an illegitimate child ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ONUS CHILD. an illegitimate child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ORPHAN CHILD an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUT-CHILD an illegitimate child ...20C Caribbean usage
• OUTLAW a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE CHILD an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE CHILE an illegitimate child ...20C Trinidad
• OUTSIDE DAUGHTER an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE KID an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDER a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child ...1913 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE SON an illegitimate child ...L19 W. Indies
• PASTURE BABY a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PASTURE COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUAEGEMES an illegitimate child ...E18 sl.
• SIDEHILL BABY an illegitimate child ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-SLIP a bastard; an illegitimate child ...1872  Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIND a bastard, an illegitimate child ...c1780 Brit. colloq.
• SIDE-WIPE a bastard; an illegitimate child ...19C US colloq.
• SON OF A GUN † a soldier's illegitimate son
• WAR BABY a child born or conceived during a war; especially, an illegitimate child born in wartime of a serviceman ...World War I
• WHORESON the bastard son of a whore  
• WILD COLT the child of an unwed mother ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WILD OAT a child born out of wedlock ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WIND-FALL an illegitimate child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WOOD-PATCH BABY a child whose parents were not married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE CHILD an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODPILE KID an illegitimate child ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOODS CHILD an illegitimate child ...1908 Amer. dial.
• WOODS COLT a child born out of wedlock ...1860 Amer. dial.
• WOODS KID an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOODS RABBIT a child whose parents were not married ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YARD BABY an illegitimate child ...1997 Amer. dial.
• YARD CHILD an illegitimate child ...1944 Amer. dial.
• YARD COLT a child whose parents were not married; an illegitimate child ...1968 Amer. dial.
illegitimate - person, other
• BABY FARMER a woman who receives infants, generally illegitimate, from their parents, on the pretext of bringing them up, the object being to have the child removed from sight to conceal the shame ...Bk1885
• HEDGE-SPARROW one who takes on the rearing of an illegitimate child, e.g. a servant or a cuckolded husband ...1653 UK sl.
• PARISH BULL a man with illegitimate children ...1985 Bermuda sl.
illegitimate - verbs 
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• BASTARD 1. to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate ...1549
† 2. to beget a bastard ...Bk1888
• BASTARDIZE †* 1. to beget a bastard ...1605
  2. to declare or stigmatize as bastard ...1611
• BASTARDRY † to declare illegitimate ...1644
• BE INCONSISTENT to have a child before marriage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAST A LAGGIN-GIRD to bear an illegitimate child ...1742 Sc.
• GET ONE'S TAIL IN THE WELL of a woman: to have an illegitimate child ...1900 Sc.
• HAVE A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• HAVE CALLUSES ON ONE'S FEET of a child: to be born in less than nine months after marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IMBASTARDIZE †* to render bastard or degenerate ...1649
• MEET WITH A MISFORTUNE to have an illegitimate child ...19C sl.
• PLANT ONE'S CORN BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PLANT ONE'S CROP BEFORE ONE BUILDS THE FENCE of a couple: to conceive a child before getting married ...1982 Amer. dial.