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Webster 1913 Edition


Illegible

Il-leg′i-ble

,
Adj.
Incapable of being read; not legible;
as,
illegible
handwriting; an
illegible
inscription.
–
Il-leg′i-ble-ness
,
Noun.
–
Il-leg′i-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Illegible

ILLEG'IBLE

,
Adj.
[See Legible.] That cannot be read; obscure or defaced so that the words cannot be known. It is a disgrace to a gentleman to write an illegible hand. The manuscripts found in the ruins of Herculaneum are mostly illegible.