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deteriority

deteriority noun: a worsening in quality or state; or inferiority.

Noun

deteriority (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A worsening in quality or state; or inferiority.
    • And what account can vve give of their holding out for ſome Generations againſt the inconveniencies of the Air, or deteriority of Diet, but the ſtrength and firmneſs of their Conſtitutions?1692, John Ray, “The First Question Concerning the World’s Dissolution, Whether there be Any Thing in Nature that may Probably Cause or Argue a Future Dissolution? Three Probable Means Propounded and...
    Synonyms:
    deterioration

Synonyms of deteriority

Origin of deteriority

From Latin deterior (“worse”). See deteriorate.

Questions about deteriority

What does deteriority mean?
Deteriority means a worsening in quality or state; or inferiority.
What part of speech is deteriority?
Deteriority is a noun.

Words near deteriority in the dictionary

  1. deteriorator
  2. deteriorators
  3. deteriorism
  4. deteriorist
  5. deteriorists
  6. deteriority
  7. determent
  8. determents
  9. determin
  10. determin'd
  11. determinabilities

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