Definition of inferior

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Inferior (a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian..

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Foot :: Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed..
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer..
Understrapper :: Understrapper (n.) A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
Gallipoli Oil :: Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker..
Underworld :: Underworld (n.) The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.
Sub- :: Sub- () A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-)..
Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..
Cur :: Cur (n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal..
Underkind :: Underkind (n.) An inferior kind.
Subnascent :: Subnasal (a.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture..
Mesalliance :: Mesalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
Puisny :: Puisny (a.) Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.
Condescend :: Condescend (v. i.) To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.
Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..
Second :: Second (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior..
Puisne :: Puisne (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank..
Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..
Coistril :: Coistril (n.) An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.
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