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English
Etymology
worse + -er
Adjective
worser
- (archaic or nonstandard) worse.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :That were my ſtate farre worſer then it is,
I would not wed her for a mine of Gold
- 1674, Divers Rural and Oeconomical Inquiries, recommended to Observation and Tryal, in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 9
- Whether Flower, kneaded and baked as ſoon as it comes from the Mill, whilſt ’tis yet warm, yields blacker and worſer Bread?
- 1911, Joseph Edward Harry, The Antigone of Sophocles (Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company), page 65
- Creon. What worser ill is now to follow this?
- 2002, Ron Lovell, Murder at Yaquina Head
- Momma says that’s an even worser word to say.
2022 October 14, Marina Hyde, “So farewell, Kwasi. Your career died so Liz Truss’s might live for at least 15 more minutes”, in The Guardian:Things went from worse to worser after Truss’s Wednesday night appearance before the 1922, which you might know is that weirdo committee where they bang the desks and honk in-group gibberish like it’s Hogwarts for grownups and their house has just won a flying pensions-crashing match.
Adverb
worser
- (archaic or nonstandard) worse.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Is he married?
I cannot hate thee worſer than I do,
If thou againe ſay yes
Usage notes
Common in the 16th and 17th centuries, but now found only in some regional dialects, and considered nonstandard.
References
- The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition.
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