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ferior

adj

Etymology

Back-formation from inferior by reanalysis as in- + ferior.

Definitions

  1. Not inferior, superior.

    • - just that I was >somehow rather inferior. It's sad that we have had to endure false lessons such as these, Terry. :( You are VERY ferior in MY book! Superior, too. :) As in a class act, a decent person, a warmly caring person.
    • The arbitrary leaders pick their teams from the ranks of the ferior and inferior, usually in descending order.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA