Wors"er (?), a. 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.
&fist; 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.
Wors"er (?), a. 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.
&fist; 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.