Definition of Badder

1. Adjective. (nonstandard or obsolete) (comparative of bad); worse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Badder

1. bad [adj] - See also: bad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Badder

bad trip
bad trips
bad weather
bada bing
bada bing bada boom
bada boom
bada boom bada bing
badded
baddeleyite
baddeleyites
badder (current term)
badderlocks
badders
baddest
baddie
baddies
badding
baddish
baddishness
baddy
bade
bade fair
badelaire
badelaires
badelynge

Literary usage of Badder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"In present English badder and baddest are dialectal only: a deal badder, ... A badder match cannot betide, TM. 212. and were it badder it is not the worst, ..."

2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1897)
"For an example of later date (about 1664) see Henry More's " Mystery of Iniquity," " It will bring in a Principle of badder consequence. ..."

3. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration: And Decided by the Twelve Judges of by William Oldnall Russell, Edward Ryan (1825)
"And that Benjamin badder and John Slater counts varying were present, ... And that the said James Towle, Benjamin badder, and privy to and John Slater, ..."

4. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"33. badder: 'badder,' ' baddest' are found as late as De Foe, 1721, though Shakespeare never uses these forms. ..."

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