See peior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"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": "[ˈpɛj.jɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɛː.jor]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "peior"
}
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