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Latin
Etymology
From some obsolete adjective *dēter, from dē.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dēterior (neuter dēterius, positive *dēter); third declension (superlative: dēterrimus)
- worse
- Synonym: peior, nequior
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “deterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
- “deteriorate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.