wors·er /ˈwɝsɚ/
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.
Note: ☞ 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.”
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