Wors"er (?), a. Worse. [R.]

Thou dost deserve a worser end.

From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.

A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war.

&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.

From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.

A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war.

&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.