Deteriority

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A worsening in quality or state; or inferiority. obsolete, uncountable

    "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?"

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deteriorationinferiority

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"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?"

Etymology

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

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