† worsernessn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality of being worse or inferior.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun]
poornessa1382
povertya1387
bada1425
lessness?a1425
worsenessa1425
nethertyc1443
minority1533
badness1539
lesserness1540
evilness1547
meanness1556
punyship1581
inferiority1599
under1600
worserness1602
inferiorness1674
deteriority1692
baddishness1824
shoddiness1886
crumbiness1949
1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxviii. 322 In Heats and Colds Extremities is Worsernesse in neither: Nor, working in their Seasons, is a Betternesse of Either.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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