illfare
(ˈɪlfɛə(r))
[f. ill a. + fare n.1 7.]
The condition of faring or ‘getting on’ badly; infelicity; adversity; the opposite of welfare. (In recent use only as nonce-wd.) Used more or less joc. in phr. the Illfare State (opp. Welfare State).
| c 1300 Cursor M. 27680 (Cott. Galba) He has ioy of oþer mens ill fare. 1474 Caxton Recuyell of Troye (1892) 169 This was to their vnhapp and ylfare. 1640 Quarles Enchirid. i. 25 It much conduces to the dishonor of a King, and the illfare of his Kingdome, to multiply Nobilitie. 1871 H. Martineau in Athenæum (1879) 31 May 695 Thoughts on the operation of natural religion on human welfare or illfare. 1952 C. Palmer (title) The British Socialist Ill-fare State; an examination of the Welfare State. 1962 Punch 28 Feb. 352/1 What is the Illfare State? |