illustriousness 
illustriousness (i-lus'tri-uw-nes), n. The con- 
dition or quality of being illustrious; eminence; 
greatness: grandeur; glory, 
illuxurious (il-ug-zu'ri-us), a. [< ('-* + htjrii- 
.] Not luxurious. [Rare.] 
The Widow Vanhomrlgh and her two daughters quitted 
the illuxuriout soil of their native country for the more 
elegant pleasures ol the English court. 
Orrery, On Swift, !x. 
ill-will (ir\vil'),. Kumity; malevolence. [Not 
properly a compound.) 
Ron. Why look you so upon met 
Phe. For no ill will I bear you. 
Shak., As you Like it, ill. 5. 
= Syn. Animosity, Ill-trill, Enmity, etc. See animority. 
ill-wilier (il'wil'er), n. One who wishes an- 
other ill; an enemy. 
As who would say her owne ouermuch lenitie and good- 
nesse made her ill irillem the more bold and presumptu- 
ous. Puttenham, Arte ol Eng. Poesie, p. 181. 
gut-en Elizabeth knowing well that she had drawn many 
Hl-mUfru agiiinst her State, she endeavour'd to strengthen 
it by all the means she could devise. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 332. 
ill-Willy (il'wil'i), a. [Sc., also M-willie; < ill- 
trill + -y 1 .] 1. Ill-disposed ; ill-natured; ma- 
licious. 
An ill-ii-illii cow should have short horns. 
Scotch proverb. 
2. Grudging ; niggardly : as, an ill-ailly wife, 
ill-wisher (il'wisn'er), n. One who wishes evil 
to another; an enemy, 
ill-wrestingt, a. Misinterpreting ; putting a 
bad construction upon matters. 
Now this til-unresting world is grown so bad, 
Mad slanderers by mad ears believed be. 
Shah., Sonnets, cxl. 
illy (il'i), adv. [< ill, a., + -fy 2 .] In an ill or 
evil manner; not well; unsatisfactorily; ill. 
[Illy, though correctly formed from the adjective ill, Is 
not in common or good use, the adverb ill being pre- 
ferred.] 
I low illy they [the Papists] digested it may be seen by 
this passage. Strype, Memorials, i. 2. 
Whereby they might see how illy they were served. 
R. Kik(Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 306). 
Thou dost deem 
That I have i ! /:/ spared so large a band, 
Disabling from pursuit our weaken'd troops. 
Southey. 
Illyrian (i-lir'i-an), a. and n. [< L. lllyriiw, 
Illyrian, Illyria j' Illyria, < lllijrii, Gr. 'DMpiot, 
the Illyrians.] I. a. 1. Pertaining to Illyria or 
Illyricum, an ancient region east of the Adri- 
atic, comprising in its widest extent modern 
Albania, Bosnia, Servia, Croatia, Dalmatia, 
etc., conquered by the Roman sand made a prov- 
ince, and later a prefecture. 2. Pertaining 
to modern Illyria, a titular kingdom of Austria- 
Hungary, comprising at present Carinthia, Car- 
niola, and the Maritime Territory. 3. Pertain- 
ing to the modern Serbo-Croatian race or lan- 
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black prismatic crystals. It is found in the 
island of Elba and elsewhere. Also called liev- 
ritc and yciiili . 
Ilybius (i-lib'i-us), n. [NL., < Gr. tti>f, mud, 
slime, + f-iiof, life.] A genus of water-beetles, 
of the family Dytiscida: There 
are about 15 North American and a num- 
ber of European species, separated from 
{'"I'liitfjetes and other related genera by 
having the penultimate joint of the la- 
bial palpi as long as the last Joint, ami 
by the more convex form of the body. 
I. ater, of the United States, Is an ex- 
ample. Ericheon, 1832. Properly Ilyo- 
biutt. 
Ilysanthes (il-i-san'thez). . . - 
[NL. (Kaftnesque), < Gr. Ufa /&*" '^": 
mud, T av6of, a flower; from its JSJiraisjw.) ' 
habit.] A genus of annual herbs, 
of the natural order flrropliularinea!, tribe Gra- 
t iiilrir. It is characterized by a 5-parted calyx, a corolla 
with the upper lip erect and 2-lobed and the lower lip 
spreading and thrice cleft, and 2 included stamens. They 
are small smooth plants with opposite leaves and small 
axillary purplish flowers or the upper racemcd. /. gra- 
tioloidei ol the eastern United States is the false pimper- 
nel. 
Ilysia (i-lis'i-a), . [NL., < Gr. 'Mf, mud, slime.) 
A genus of short-tailed serpents, of the family 
Tortricida>. The coral-snake of Guiana is /. scy- 
tale. Also called Tortrix. 
im- 1 . An assimilated form of in-l before a la- 
bial. In the following words, in the etymology, 
the prefix im- 1 is usually referred directly to 
the original in- 1 . 
im- 2 . An assimilated form (in Latin, etc.) of 
in- 2 before a labial. In the following words, in 
the etymology, im- 2 is usually referred directly 
to the original i- 2 . 
im- 3 . An assimilated form (in Latin, etc.) of 
the negative or privative in- 3 before a labial. 
In the following words, in the etymology, im- 3 
is usually referred directly to the original in-3. 
image (im'aj), w. [< ME. image, ymage, < OF. 
image, F. image = Pr. image, emage = Sp. imd- 
gen = Pg. imagem = It. immagine, imagine, im- 
fuage. myrian Provinces, a government formed by 
apoleon in 18, comprising various territories taken from 
Austria, lying north and east of the Adriatic. It was under 
French control, was abolished in 1814-15, and in 1816 was 
made a nominal kingdom of the Austrian empire. See 
del. 2. 
II. . 1. A native of ancient Illyricum. The 
Illyrians were perhaps allied to the Thracians, 
and are now represented by the Albanians. 
2. Au inhabitant of the modern titular king- 
dom of Illyria. 3. A member of the Serbo- 
Croatian race, now living in the territory of 
ancient Illyricum. 
ilmenite (il'men-it), H. [< Ilmen (see def.) + 
-//('-'.] A mineral of a black color and subme- 
tallic luster, consisting of the oxids of iron and 
titanium, and isomorphous with hematite. The 
original Ilmenite is from the Ilmen mountains (in the 
southern Urals), but the same mineral is common elsewhere. 
Some ol its varieties are crichtonite, hystatlte, washing- 
tonite, etc. Also called titanic iron ore and mriutchanile. 
ilmenium (il-me'ni-um), n. [NL., < Ilmen (see 
def.) + -iuin.] A name given by Hermann to 
an element supposed by him to be present in 
the aaschynite from the Dineu mountains (in the 
southern Urals), also in yttrotautalite and some 
related minerals. His conclusions have not 
been accepted by other chemists. 
ilmenorutile (il'men-o-r6'til), . [< Ilmen (see 
ilff.) + rutili .~\ A variety of rutile from the 
Ilmen mountains (in the southern Urals), con- 
taining some iron sesquioxid. 
ilomet, ' adr. [ME., < AS. <7<7owc (= OHG. gi- 
IOIHO), frequently.] Often ; frequently. 
01 this mis larinde pruyde he herde tellen olte and Home. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. 3.), p. 51. 
ilpa (il'pii), . Same us illi<i>i. 
ilvaite (it'va-it), H. [< L. lira, Elba, + -iV-'.] 
A silicate of iron and calcium occurring in 
mage, image, <L. imago (imagiit-), a copy, like- 
ness, image, < "im, root of imitari, copy, imitate : 
see imitate. Hence imagine, etc.] 1 . A likeness 
orsimilitude of a person, animal, or thing; any 
representation of form or features, but more 
especially one of the entire figure, as by sculp- 
ture or modeling ; a statue, effigy, bust, relief, 
intaglio, portrait, etc. : as, an image in stone, 
bronze, clay, or wax; a painted or stamped 
image; to worship idolatrous images. 
And before that Chirche is the Ymage of Justynyan 
the Emperour, covered with Gold. 
Matulerille, Travels, p. 8. 
I saw an Image, all of massie gold. 
Placed on high upon an Altarc faire. 
Spenser, Ruines of Time, 1. 491. 
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image: . . . 
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. 
Ex. xx. 4. 
I have bewept a worthy husband's death, 
And liv'd by looking on his image*. 
Shale., Rich. ILL, 1L 2. 
2. A natural similitude, reproduction, or coun- 
terpart; that which constitutes aii essential rep- 
resentation, copy, or likeness: as, the child is 
the very image of its mother. 
They which honour the law as an image of the wisdom 
of God himself are notwithstanding to know that the same 
had an end in Christ Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 11. 
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. 
Gen. i. 20. 
This play is the image of a murther done in Vienna. 
Shale., Hamlet, ill. 2. 
The married state, with and without the affection suit- 
able to it, is the completes! image of heaven and hell we 
are capable of receiving in this life. 
Steele, Spectator, So. 479. 
3. A concrete mental object, not derived from 
direct perception, but the product of the ima- 
gination; a mental picture. 
Can we conceive 
Image of aught delightful, soft, or great? Prior. 
The image of his father was less fresh In his mind. 
DfsjwK 
4f. Semblance ; show ; appearance ; aspect. 
For by the image of my cause 1 see 
The portraiture of his. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 
The Apocalyps of Saint John is the majestick image of 
a high and stately Tragedy. 
Milton, Church-Government, Pref., 11. 
The lace of things a frightful image bears. 
Dnjden, JSneltl. 
5. In rliet., a metaphor so expanded as to pre- 
sent a complete likeness or picture to the mind; 
a similitude wrought out by description; an il- 
lustrative comparison : as, a metaphor suggests 
imagery 
a likeness, but an image paints it with a few 
verbal touches. 
Imogen . . . are of great use to give weight, magnifi- 
cence, and strength to a discourse. London Encyc. 
6. An optical counterpart or appearance of an 
object, such as is produced by reflection from 
a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage 
of luminous rays through a small aperture. 
See vision, mirror, and lens. 7. In math., when 
imaginary quantities are represented by points 
on a plane, a point representing any given 
function of a quantity represented by another 
point, the former point is said to be the image 
of the latter Aerial Image. See aerial. After 
image. See a/ter-imngr. Double Image. See double. 
Electric image (as denned by Maxwell), an electrified 
point, or system of points, on one side of a surface which 
would produce on the other side of that surface the same 
electrical action which the actual electrification of that 
surface really doesproduce. (Thomson.) Inverted im- 
age. See lent. Multiple Images, images formed by 
reflection and re-reflection in two mirrors, as In a kaleido- 
scope. Negative or accidental image, the image 
which is perceived when the eye, after looking intently 
at a bright-colored object, is directed to a white surface. 
The color is complementary to that of the original, on 
account of the fatigue and consequent failure to act of the 
nervous mechanisms called Into play in the first instance. 
Worship of Images. See image-worship. 
image (im'aj), r. <.; pret. and pp. imaged, ppr. 
imaging. < image, . Cf. imagine, v. ] 1. To 
form an image of ; represent by an image ; re- 
flect the likeness of: mirror: as, mountains 
imaged in the peaceful lake. 
My soul, though feminine and weak. 
Can image his ; e'en as the lake, 
Itself disturbed by slightest stroke, 
Reflects the invulnerable rock. 
Scott, L. of the L., Iv. 10. 
They in their leaf-shadowed microcosm 
Image the larger world. 
Lowell, Under the Willows. 
Yet a lew great natures even then began to compre- 
hend the charm and mystery which the Greeks had imaged 
in their Pan. J. A. Symotuls, Italy and Greece, p. 243. 
2. To present to the mental vision ; exhibit a 
mental picture of; portray to the imagination. 
The Flight of Satan to the Oates of II ell is finely imaged. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 809. 
3. To form a likeness of in the mind; call up 
a mental image or perception of; imagine. 
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, 
And image charms he must behold no more. 
Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, I. 362. 
The prolonged effort to recall or image colors or visual 
forms tires the visual organs. 
0. T. Latld, Physiol. Psychology, p. 542. 
4. To be like ; resemble : as, he imaged his 
brother. Pope. 
breaks or destroys images ; an iconoclast, 
imaged (im'ajd), a. [< image + -ed?.~\ Deco- 
rated with human figures : applied to porcelain 
and fine pottery : as, an imaged tea-service, 
imageless (im'aj-les), a. [< image + -less.] 
Having no image ; not using images. 
But a voice 
Is wanting ; the deep truth is imageless. Shelley. 
image-mug (im'aj-mug), . A pitcher or jug 
formed in the general shape of a human being, 
or of a head and bust. 
imagert, . [ME. imageour, < OF. "imageor, ima- 
yeur (also imagier, imager), a sculptor, < image, 
an image.] One who images; a sculptor or 
painter. 
Now this more peer-les learned imager, 
Life to his lovely picture to confer. 
Did not extract out of the elements 
A certain secret chymik quint-essence. 
Du Bartas (trans.). 
imagery (im'aj-ri or -er-i), n. [< ME. imagerie, 
ymagerie, < OP. (also F.) imagerie, imagery; as 
image + -ry.~] 1. Representation in an image 
or by images; formation of images by art; also, 
images collectively. 
Oiue enery one his particular name, as Resemblance by 
Pourtrait or Imagery, which the Greeks call Icon, Resem- 
blance moral! or misticall, which they call Parabola, A 
Resemblance by example, which they call Paradigma. 
Puttettliam, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 201. 
You would have thought . . . that all the walls, 
With painted imagery, had said at once 
Jesu preserve thee ! Shot., Rich. IL, v. 2. 
Those high chancel screens surmounted by imagery and 
paintings, by which the chancel arch was often completely 
filled up. Q. Scott, Hist. Eng. Church Architecture, p. 49. 
2*. A type or general likeness ; similitude. 
Dress your people unto the imagery of Christ. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. 127. 
They are our brethren, and pieces of the same imagery 
with ourselves. Fettham, Resolves, U. 58. 
