ill-gotten
‘obtained in an evil manner or by dishonest means’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
ill < O.Nor. illr ‘bad; hard, difficult’ + gotten < il < Tamil il
ill-gotten
English words derived from Tamil il connoting ‘non-existence’
ill-gotten
‘obtained in an evil manner or by dishonest means’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
ill < O.Nor. illr ‘bad; hard, difficult’ + gotten < il < Tamil il
English words derived from Tamil il connoting ‘non-existence’