Latin

Alternative forms

• pējor

Adjective

pēior ‎(comparative of malus)

1. worse

Declension

Third declension, comparative variant

Derived terms

• pēiōrō

See also

• pessimus ‎(superlative)

Antonyms

• melior

Descendants

References

• peior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.

Adjective

peior ‎(oblique singular, nominative singular pire)

1. worse; comparative degree of mal
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.

     Who are worse than Saracens.

2. worst; superlative degree of mal

Declension

Antonyms

• meillor ‎(“best”)

Descendants

• French: pire (from nominative form)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (peior, includes information on declension)
• peior on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub