单词 | ill-set |
释义 | ˈill-ˈset, a. [f. ill adv. + set ppl. a.] 1. Badly set or placed; in quot. 1622, in reference to type-setting; in quot. 1660 fig.
1622Middleton Changeling ii. i. (1653) C iv b, Like an ill set book, Whose faults might prove as big as half the volume. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 130 Ignorance, and an ill-set Conscience, excuseth no more from doing what he ought. 2. ‘Evil-disposed, ill-conditioned, having evil propensities’ (Jam.). Sc.
1776C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxxviii. (Jam.), Auld luckie cries: ‘Ye're o'er ill set; As ye'd hae measure, ye sud met’. |

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