Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gendered unnaturally or irregularly.
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Examples
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An empire ill-gendered, unjust, blindly selfish, and heartlessly strong
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 Various
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The 'ill-gendered' beast is an admirable specimen of
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868
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Singleton, he suggests, is alone with pirates less merciful than the howling monsters, the devilish serpents, and ill-gendered creatures of De Foe's deserts.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868
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And indeed it was a strange sight; there were three tigers and two wolves quite killed, besides the creature I had killed within our palisade, which seemed to be of an ill-gendered kind, between a tiger and a leopard.
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton Daniel Defoe 1696
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'thick as a drove of bullocks coming to a fair,' so that they could not fire without hitting some; in fact, a volley brought down three tigers and two wolves, besides one creature 'of an ill-gendered kind, between a tiger and a leopard.'
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868
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