worst, adjective
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Special sense of general English, influenced by best.
colloquial
Especially in the language of children: least favourite. Cf. best.
1991 Sunday Times 27 Jan. (K-TV Times) 12‘And your best and worst subject at school?’ ‘I like Drama & History but not Afrikaans.’
1995 R.J. Silva Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Do you know what my worst plants are? Thorns and cactuses.
least favourite.
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