"worsification" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: worsifications [plural]
Etymology: From worse + -ification. Etymology templates: {{af|en|worse|-ification}} worse + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} worsification (countable and uncountable, plural worsifications)
  1. (humorous, nonstandard) The process by which something becomes worse. Tags: countable, humorous, nonstandard, uncountable Related terms: worsify
    Sense id: en-worsification-en-noun--Ox6Ju0h Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Blend of worse + versification. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|worse|versification}} Blend of worse + versification Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} worsification (uncountable)
  1. (humorous, archaic) The act of composing poetic verse poorly; bad versification. Tags: archaic, humorous, uncountable
    Sense id: en-worsification-en-noun-bIOPyTP1 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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