Category:Worser

Wors"er, a.

Defn: worse. [r.] Thou dost deserve a worser end. Beau. & fl. From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. Bunyan. A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far than arms, a sullen interval Of war. Dryden.

Note: this old and redundant form of the comparative occurs Occasionally in the best authors, although commonly accounted a Vulgarism. It has, at least, the analogy of lesser to sanction its Issue. See lesser. "the experience of man's worser nature, which Intercourse with ill-chosen associates, by choice or circumstance, Peculiarly teaches." Hallam.