-wormser-

a. Worse. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou dost deserve a worser end. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]