ˈworserment
[f. worser a. or v. + -ment, after betterment.]
= worsement.
| 1890 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/5 What, if we may coin so barbarous a term, may be called the avoidance of ‘worserment’. 1902 C. G. Harper Holyhead Road I. 93 They received no compensation for this ‘worserment’ which must have practically ruined many of them. |