worst-favouredworst-favoredadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌwəːstˈfeɪvəd/, U.S.

/ˌwərstˈfeɪvərd/

Forms: 1500s worst-fauored, 1500s worste-fauerd, 1500s worste-fauored, 1600s worst-fauoured, 1600s– worst-favoured, 1800s warst-faurd (Scottish), 1800s– worst-favored (chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: worst adv., favoured adj.², favoured adj.¹

Etymology: < worst adv. + favoured adj.² (compare earlier well-favoured adj.). In sense 2 partly < worst adv. + favoured adj.¹ Compare slightly later evil-favoured adj. and ill-favoured adj.

Now rare.

1. Most ill-favoured; most unattractive or unprepossessing; ugliest. Also as n.

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?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. S^v The female wolues: whiche amonge a great sorte of males take the fouleste and worste fauored [L. putidissimum].

1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. G2 The pehenne (the whiche of price vnto him withoute comparison is the worste fauerdeste [Sp. feissima]).

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. i. 13 And (which to see, is a thousand pities) that your foule, and worst fauoured women [Sp. las feas], are not onely those that do this, but euen your fairest, and those that are most beholding to Nature.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 26 'Tis his easy Phlegm, that has suffer'd him..to permit..even the lowest and worst favour'd Person, to deliver his Opinion at length.

1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xxix. 246 When old, they become the worst-favoured hags in nature.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 77 The warst-faurd wyfe on the shoris of Fyfe Is cumlye comparet wi' thee.

1894 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 543/2 At his best, the mestizo..is one of the most repulsive types of mankind, and Vasquez must have been, I think, the worst favored of his race.

1958 B. Partridge Going, Going, Gone! i. 19 ‘And when’, says Herodotus, ‘the auctioneer had gone through the comeliest, selling them, he called up the worst-favored, one at a time, even to the halt, and asked who would take the least for marrying her.’

2011 National Post (Canada) 11 Oct. (Arts & Life section) 6/2 The Ugly One... I hate to be so literal, but if Lette really is..the worst-favoured thing since the Elephant Man, wouldn't somebody have told him already? I mean, people aren't that nice.

2. Having the least amount of favour; least favoured. Also: affording or bestowing the least amount of favour. Also as n.

ΚΠ

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxiv. 323 There is nothing certain, however, about a fox-hunt, but uncertainty; the worst-favoured days sometimes proving the best, and the best favoured ones sometimes proving the worst.

1870 G. A. Sala Dickens 43 These sufferers generally belonged to the wretchedest and worst-favoured classes in the community.

1889 Brit. Architect 29 Mar. 241/2 The most favoured sanitarily inspected district in London had one inspector to 1,500 houses;..and in the worst favoured case there was only one inspector to 20,000 houses.

1910 Sat. Rev. 30 July 135/1 Notice has been given of Japan's intention to end the old treaty... With it will pass our right under that treaty to claim most-favoured-nation treatment for British commerce, and we shall receive worst-favoured treatment instead.

1918 Villager 23 Feb. 174/1 American cities have been most unhappily burdened with sculptured atrocities, Washington the worst-favored of all.

1978 Western European Educ. 10 i. 66 Union organizations have been among those that have urged the extension of adult education, especially on behalf of the worst-favored economically, socially, and educationally.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	worst-favoured
释义	worst-favouredworst-favoredadj.n. Brit. /ˌwəːstˈfeɪvəd/, U.S. /ˌwərstˈfeɪvərd/ Forms: 1500s worst-fauored, 1500s worste-fauerd, 1500s worste-fauored, 1600s worst-fauoured, 1600s– worst-favoured, 1800s warst-faurd (Scottish), 1800s– worst-favored (chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: worst adv., favoured adj.², favoured adj.¹ Etymology: < worst adv. + favoured adj.² (compare earlier well-favoured adj.). In sense 2 partly < worst adv. + favoured adj.¹ Compare slightly later evil-favoured adj. and ill-favoured adj. Now rare. 1. Most ill-favoured; most unattractive or unprepossessing; ugliest. Also as n. ΚΠ ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. S^v The female wolues: whiche amonge a great sorte of males take the fouleste and worste fauored [L. putidissimum]. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. G2 The pehenne (the whiche of price vnto him withoute comparison is the worste fauerdeste [Sp. feissima]). 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. i. 13 And (which to see, is a thousand pities) that your foule, and worst fauoured women [Sp. las feas], are not onely those that do this, but euen your fairest, and those that are most beholding to Nature. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 26 'Tis his easy Phlegm, that has suffer'd him..to permit..even the lowest and worst favour'd Person, to deliver his Opinion at length. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xxix. 246 When old, they become the worst-favoured hags in nature. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 77 The warst-faurd wyfe on the shoris of Fyfe Is cumlye comparet wi' thee. 1894 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 543/2 At his best, the mestizo..is one of the most repulsive types of mankind, and Vasquez must have been, I think, the worst favored of his race. 1958 B. Partridge Going, Going, Gone! i. 19 ‘And when’, says Herodotus, ‘the auctioneer had gone through the comeliest, selling them, he called up the worst-favored, one at a time, even to the halt, and asked who would take the least for marrying her.’ 2011 National Post (Canada) 11 Oct. (Arts & Life section) 6/2 The Ugly One... I hate to be so literal, but if Lette really is..the worst-favoured thing since the Elephant Man, wouldn't somebody have told him already? I mean, people aren't that nice. 2. Having the least amount of favour; least favoured. Also: affording or bestowing the least amount of favour. Also as n. ΚΠ 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxiv. 323 There is nothing certain, however, about a fox-hunt, but uncertainty; the worst-favoured days sometimes proving the best, and the best favoured ones sometimes proving the worst. 1870 G. A. Sala Dickens 43 These sufferers generally belonged to the wretchedest and worst-favoured classes in the community. 1889 Brit. Architect 29 Mar. 241/2 The most favoured sanitarily inspected district in London had one inspector to 1,500 houses;..and in the worst favoured case there was only one inspector to 20,000 houses. 1910 Sat. Rev. 30 July 135/1 Notice has been given of Japan's intention to end the old treaty... With it will pass our right under that treaty to claim most-favoured-nation treatment for British commerce, and we shall receive worst-favoured treatment instead. 1918 Villager 23 Feb. 174/1 American cities have been most unhappily burdened with sculptured atrocities, Washington the worst-favored of all. 1978 Western European Educ. 10 i. 66 Union organizations have been among those that have urged the extension of adult education, especially on behalf of the worst-favored economically, socially, and educationally. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.?1529
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