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worst
English
Etymology
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /w?st/
- Rhymes: -??(r)st
Adjective
worst
- superlative form of bad: most bad
- Most inferior; doing the least good.
- Most unfavorable.
- Most harmful or severe.
- Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
- Most inferior; doing the least good.
- superlative form of ill: most ill
Usage notes
The comparative badder (for worse) and superlative baddest (for worst) derived from the positive bad are nonstandard. Worst may be further inflected to form the two additional superlatives worstest (nonstandard) and worstestest (informal, humorous). The comparative worser is also nonstandard.
Synonyms
- (most bad): baddest (nonstandard)
- (most ill): illest (nonstandard)
Antonyms
- best
Derived terms
Related terms
- worse
Translations
Noun
worst (usually uncountable, plural worsts)
- something or someone that is the worst
Translations
Adverb
worst
- superlative form of bad: most bad
- superlative form of ill: most ill
Translations
Verb
worst (third-person singular simple present worsts, present participle worsting, simple past and past participle worsted)
- (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
- (dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
- Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.
- (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
- The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women.
- Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:worst.
Anagrams
- rowts, strow, trows, worts
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch worst, from Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-Germanic *wurstiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??rst/
- Hyphenation: worst
- Rhymes: -?rst
Noun
worst f (plural worsten, diminutive worstje n)
- sausage
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wors
- ? English: wors
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-Germanic *wurstiz.
Noun
worst f
- sausage
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: worst
- Afrikaans: wors
- ? English: wors
- Afrikaans: wors
- Limburgish: wósj
Further reading
- “worst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “worst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
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maximin
English
Etymology
Blend of maximum +? minimum.
Noun
maximin (plural maximins)
- In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
See also
- minimax
Verb
maximin (third-person singular simple present maximins, present participle maximinning or maximining, simple past and past participle maximinned or maximined)
- To employ a maximin algorithm.
Anagrams
- minimax
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