ill-willer

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ill-willer

Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)

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Possibly a calque of Latin malevolēns from male (“ill”) + volēns (“(one) wishing”). By surface analysis, ill will + -er.

noun ill-willers

obsolete One who harbours ill will. These are the wordes (worthie Prince) wherewith you have pricked forwardes the violence of my malicious ill willers […]
Similar: evil willer · Opposite: good willer, well-willer, well-wisher

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@misc{ill_willer_2026,
  title = {ill-willer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-willer},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}