"peior" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /ˈpei̯.i̯or/ [Classical], [ˈpɛi̯ːɔr] [Classical], /ˈpe.jor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɛːjor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”); compare pessimus (“worst”). Michiel de Vaan notes that a similar phonetic change *[dj]/[jd] > *[j] can be observed in the etymology of caelum (“chisel”) and caia (“cudgel”) from Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lo- and *kaidjā- respectively. Cognate to pēs, pessum. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ped-yōs||to the ground, downward}} Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), {{m|ine-pro|*ped-||to walk, fall, stumble}} *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”), {{m|la|pessimus||worst}} pessimus (“worst”), {{m|la|caelum#Etymology 2|caelum|chisel}} caelum (“chisel”), {{m|la|caia||cudgel}} caia (“cudgel”), {{noncog|itc-pro|*kaid(s)lo-}} Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lo-, {{m|itc-pro|*kaidjā-}} *kaidjā-, {{m|la|pēs}} pēs, {{m|la|pessum}} pessum Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|peior}} Forms: peius [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], peior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], peius [neuter, nominative, singular], peiōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], peiōra [neuter, nominative, plural], peiōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], peiōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], peiōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], peiōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], peiōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], peius [accusative, neuter, singular], peiōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], peiōra [accusative, neuter, plural], peiōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], peiōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], peior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], peius [neuter, singular, vocative], peiōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], peiōra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. comparative degree of malus; worse Tags: comparative, declension-3, form-of Form of: malus (extra: worse) Synonyms: deterior, nequior Derived forms: peiōrō, impeiōrō Related terms: pessimus [superlative]

Adjective [Old French]

Etymology: From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|pēiōrem}} Latin pēiōrem, {{m|la|pēior}} pēior, {{m|fro|pire}} pire, {{m|fr|pire}} pire Head templates: {{head|fro|comparative adjective|oblique singular, nominative singular|pire|cat2=superlative adjectives}} peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire) Inflection templates: {{fro-decl-adj|ssm=pire, pyre, piere, peior|ssn=pis}}, {{fro-decl-adj/table|pire, pyre, piere, peior|peiore|pis|peior|peiore|peior|peior|peiores|peior|peiors|peiores|peior}} Forms: pire [nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], pire [masculine, singular, subjective], pyre [masculine, singular, subjective], piere [masculine, singular, subjective], peior [masculine, singular, subjective], peiore [feminine, singular, subjective], pis [neuter, singular, subjective], peior [masculine, oblique, singular], peiore [feminine, oblique, singular], peiore [neuter, oblique, singular], peior [oblique, singular], peior [masculine, plural, subjective], peiores [feminine, plural, subjective], peior [neuter, plural, subjective], peiors [masculine, oblique, plural], peiores [feminine, oblique, plural], peiores [neuter, oblique, plural], peior [oblique, plural]
  1. worse; comparative degree of mal Tags: oblique, singular
    Sense id: en-peior-fro-adj-l0eTfvti
  2. worst; superlative degree of mal Tags: oblique, singular
    Sense id: en-peior-fro-adj-gzOGQh0Q Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paiour, pegor, pejur, peor, peur, peour, peiur, peiour, piour, poiour, peure, pojor

Adjective [Portuguese]

Forms: peiores [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-adj}} peior m or f (plural peiores)
  1. Obsolete spelling of pior Tags: alt-of, feminine, masculine, obsolete Alternative form of: pior
    Sense id: en-peior-pt-adj-ySfS0FZI Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Adverb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{pt-adv}} peior
  1. Obsolete spelling of pior Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: pior
    Sense id: en-peior-pt-adv-ySfS0FZI Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "melior"
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
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        }
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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        }
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      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
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        }
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "peiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōre",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
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        "masculine",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with manual fragments",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "peiōrō"
        },
        {
          "word": "impeiōrō"
        }
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        {
          "extra": "worse",
          "word": "malus"
        }
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        "comparative degree of malus; worse"
      ],
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          "malus",
          "malus#Latin"
        ],
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          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
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        {
          "tags": [
            "superlative"
          ],
          "word": "pessimus"
        }
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        {
          "word": "deterior, nequior"
        }
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        "declension-3",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpei̯.i̯or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "best",
      "word": "meillor"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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            "2": "pire"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pire",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from nominative form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from nominative form)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pire (from nominative form)"
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "table-tags"
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
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      "form": "peiore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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        "oblique",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
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    },
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        "plural",
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    },
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "1": "pire, pyre, piere, peior",
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  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who are worse than Saracens.",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette",
          "text": "Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worse; comparative degree of mal"
      ],
      "id": "en-peior-fro-adj-l0eTfvti",
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worst; superlative degree of mal"
      ],
      "id": "en-peior-fro-adj-gzOGQh0Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "worst",
          "worst"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paiour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pegor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pejur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peiur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peiour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "piour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "poiour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pojor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "peiores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "peior m or f (plural peiores)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pior"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of pior"
      ],
      "id": "en-peior-pt-adj-ySfS0FZI",
      "links": [
        [
          "pior",
          "pior#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "peior",
      "name": "pt-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pior"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of pior"
      ],
      "id": "en-peior-pt-adv-ySfS0FZI",
      "links": [
        [
          "pior",
          "pior#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "melior"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "peiōrō"
    },
    {
      "word": "impeiōrō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "peggiore"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: peggiore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: peggiore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pijuri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pijuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pijuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "pêr"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pêr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: pêr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pitjor"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: pitjor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pitjor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pire"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pièger"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pièger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pièger"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "peor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: peor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: peor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pior"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: pior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: pior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "peor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: peor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: peor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pejorative",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: pejorative",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: pejorative"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ped-yōs",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to the ground, downward"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ped-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to walk, fall, stumble"
      },
      "expansion": "*ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pessimus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "worst"
      },
      "expansion": "pessimus (“worst”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "caelum#Etymology 2",
        "3": "caelum",
        "4": "chisel"
      },
      "expansion": "caelum (“chisel”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "caia",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cudgel"
      },
      "expansion": "caia (“cudgel”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*kaid(s)lo-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lo-",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*kaidjā-"
      },
      "expansion": "*kaidjā-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pēs"
      },
      "expansion": "pēs",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pessum"
      },
      "expansion": "pessum",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”); compare pessimus (“worst”). Michiel de Vaan notes that a similar phonetic change *[dj]/[jd] > *[j] can be observed in the etymology of caelum (“chisel”) and caia (“cudgel”) from Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lo- and *kaidjā- respectively. Cognate to pēs, pessum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "peius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ],
      "word": "pessimus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin comparative adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin links with manual fragments",
        "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "worse",
          "word": "malus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of malus; worse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malus",
          "malus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deterior, nequior"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpei̯.i̯or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "best",
      "word": "meillor"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Old French comparative adjectives",
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French non-lemma forms",
    "Old French superlative adjectives",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pire"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pire",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from nominative form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from nominative form)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pire (from nominative form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pēiōrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pēiōrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pēior"
      },
      "expansion": "pēior",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "pire"
      },
      "expansion": "pire",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pire"
      },
      "expansion": "pire",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pire",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pyre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiores",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiores",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peiores",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "comparative adjective",
        "3": "oblique singular, nominative singular",
        "4": "pire",
        "cat2": "superlative adjectives"
      },
      "expansion": "peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "ssm": "pire, pyre, piere, peior",
        "ssn": "pis"
      },
      "name": "fro-decl-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pire, pyre, piere, peior",
        "10": "peiors",
        "11": "peiores",
        "12": "peior",
        "2": "peiore",
        "3": "pis",
        "4": "peior",
        "5": "peiore",
        "6": "peior",
        "7": "peior",
        "8": "peiores",
        "9": "peior"
      },
      "name": "fro-decl-adj/table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French comparative adjectives",
        "Old French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who are worse than Saracens.",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette",
          "text": "Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worse; comparative degree of mal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French superlative adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worst; superlative degree of mal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worst",
          "worst"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "paiour"
    },
    {
      "word": "pegor"
    },
    {
      "word": "pejur"
    },
    {
      "word": "peor"
    },
    {
      "word": "peur"
    },
    {
      "word": "peour"
    },
    {
      "word": "peiur"
    },
    {
      "word": "peiour"
    },
    {
      "word": "piour"
    },
    {
      "word": "poiour"
    },
    {
      "word": "peure"
    },
    {
      "word": "pojor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese adjectives",
    "Portuguese adverbs",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "peiores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "peior m or f (plural peiores)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pior"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of pior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pior",
          "pior#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese adjectives",
    "Portuguese adverbs",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "peior",
      "name": "pt-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pior"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of pior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pior",
          "pior#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peior"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: peior/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old French]; cleaned text: Singular",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old French]; cleaned text: Subject",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old French]; cleaned text: Oblique",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
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  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old French]; cleaned text: Subject",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old French]; cleaned text: Oblique",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: peior/Old French 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "peior"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "peior",
  "trace": ""
}

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