LESSER


Meaning of LESSER in English

/les"euhr/ , adj., a compar. of little with least as superl.

1. smaller, as in size or importance; inferior: a lesser evil.

adv., a compar. of little with least as superl.

2. less.

[ 1175-1225; ME lasser, lesser. See LESS, -ER 4 ]

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