pejor

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See also: peior

Latin

Adjective

pejor (comparative, neuter pejus, positive malus); third declension

alternative typography of peior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	pejor	pejus		pejōrēs	pejōra
genitive	pejōris			pejōrum
dative	pejōrī			pejōribus
accusative	pejōrem	pejus		pejōrēs pejōrīs	pejōra
ablative	pejōre pejōrī			pejōribus
vocative	pejor	pejus		pejōrēs	pejōra

References

“pejor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pejor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Occitan

Etymology

Latin pejor, variant spelling of peior. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French peior and pire.

Adjective

pejor

comparative degree of mal (worse)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pējor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 154

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