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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
pejus
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pejor
References
- “pejus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pejus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Sardinian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin peius, neuter of peior, comparative degree of malus (“bad”).
Adjective
pejus (invariable)
- worst
Noun
pejus m (uncountable)
- worst
Etymology 2
From Latin peius, comparative degree of male (“badly”).
Adverb
pejus
- worst
- Antonym: mezus