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   ill fame
         n 1: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or
               quality [syn: {notoriety}, {ill fame}]

English Dictionary: ill-famed by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-being
n
  1. lack of prosperity or happiness or health [ant: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well- being, wellbeing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-famed
adj
  1. known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";
    Synonym(s): ill-famed, infamous, notorious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iliofemoral \Il`i*o*fem"o*ral\, a. (Anat.)
      Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill \Ill\, a. [The regular comparative and superlative are
      wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from
      another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa,
      adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]
      1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed
            to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate;
            disagreeable; unfavorable.
  
                     Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat,
                     but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     There 's some ill planet reigns.         --Shak.
  
      2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
            iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
  
                     Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill
                     example.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of
            a fever.
  
                     I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. --Shak.
  
      4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect;
            rude; unpolished; inelegant.
  
                     That 's an ill phrase.                        --Shak.
  
      {Ill at ease}, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. [bd]I am very
            ill at ease.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ill blood}, enmity; resentment.
  
      {Ill breeding}, want of good breeding; rudeness.
  
      {Ill fame}, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a
            house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
  
      {Ill humor}, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
  
      {Ill nature}, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness;
            esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
  
      {Ill temper}, anger; moroseness; crossness.
  
      {Ill turn}.
            (a) An unkind act.
            (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Ill will}, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
  
      Syn: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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