(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:01:58

De*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. [L. deterior worse. See Deteriorate.]

Worse state or quality; inferiority.

"The deteriority of the diet." [R.]

Ray.

 

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