Definition of Illegibility

1. Noun. The quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered.

Category relationships: Handwriting
Generic synonyms: Incomprehensibility
Derivative terms: Illegible
Antonyms: Legibility

Definition of Illegibility

1. n. The state or quality of being illegible.

Definition of Illegibility

1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being illegible; the quality of being difficult or impossible to read. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Illegibility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illegibility

illegalised
illegalises
illegalising
illegalities
illegality
illegalization
illegalizations
illegalize
illegalized
illegalizes
illegalizing
illegally
illegalness
illegals
illegibilities
illegibility (current term)
illegible
illegibly
illegitimacies
illegitimacy
illegitimate
illegitimate child
illegitimate enterprise
illegitimately
illegitimation
illegitimations
illegitimatize
illegitimatized
illegitimatizes
illegitimatizing

Literary usage of Illegibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Memories of Sir Llewelyn Turner: Memories Serious and Light of the Irish by Llewelyn Turner, J. E. Vincent (1903)
"... MP — His assistance as to the Yacht Club House—His industry—Election scenes—His handwriting—Sad result of illegibility—The bay mare "shot," not " shod ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1912)
"I would rather stand up to a mistake than to the chance of illegibility ... 147 This incident about the illegibility of the writing in the Piper case, ..."

3. Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition: Or, Connecticut's Representation at by George D ] [Curtis (1877)
"The second, third, and last signatures on the second column of the page of fac-similes, illustrate the illegibility of the signatures of business men. ..."

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