ˈworsenment
[f. worsen v. + -ment.]
Occas. used in preference to worsement as a more analogical form.
| 1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 2/1 The word, we suppose, ought to be ‘worsenment’, for while the verb of better is ‘to better’, the verb of worse is ‘to worsen’. 1905 J. M. Robertson Chamberlain ix. 43 Whereafter his worsenment is swift indeed. 1906 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Mar. 2 If ‘betterment’ is recognised, worsenment should be equally allowed for. |