ferior

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ferior

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

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nonstandard, rare 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.

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@misc{ferior_2026,
  title = {ferior},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ferior},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}