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  ME: badd, badde, bad
 
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Common in the 14c-18c, but yielded to comparative worse and superlative worst.
 
Common in the 14c-18c, but yielded to comparative worse and superlative worst.
  
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Uncertain; possibly from Old English derogatory term bæddeland and its diminutive bædling "effeminate man, hermaphrodite, pederast," probably related to bædan "to defile."  
 
Uncertain; possibly from Old English derogatory term bæddeland and its diminutive bædling "effeminate man, hermaphrodite, pederast," probably related to bædan "to defile."  
  
  
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- inferior in quality;
 
- inferior in quality;
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- from the '''derogatory''' meaning, bad used as a general term of '''approbation''': good, excellent, impressive; esp. stylish or attractive which might have emerged from the ambivalence of expressions like bad nigger, used as a term of reproach by whites
 
- from the '''derogatory''' meaning, bad used as a general term of '''approbation''': good, excellent, impressive; esp. stylish or attractive which might have emerged from the ambivalence of expressions like bad nigger, used as a term of reproach by whites
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Bad (adj.)

Form[1]

ME: badd, badde, bad

Comparative ME– badder

Superlative ME –baddest

Common in the 14c-18c, but yielded to comparative worse and superlative worst.

Origin[2]

Uncertain; possibly from Old English derogatory term bæddeland and its diminutive bædling "effeminate man, hermaphrodite, pederast," probably related to bædan "to defile."


Meaning[3]

- inferior in quality;

- wicked, evil, vicious; (esp. 13c.)

- in a privative sense: not good

- containing or characterized by errors, faulty;

- lacking or failing to conform to moral virtue, immoral; - with reference to sickness, injury, or unhappiness;

- in ill health, unwell, poorly, sick; suffering from disease or injury

Semantic shift'[4]

- from the derogatory meaning, bad used as a general term of approbation: good, excellent, impressive; esp. stylish or attractive which might have emerged from the ambivalence of expressions like bad nigger, used as a term of reproach by whites


References

  1. "bad." The Oxford English Dictionary. www.oed.com 26 Nov 2014. http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/view/Entry/14540
  2. "bad." Online Etymology Dictionary. Harper, Douglas. 26 Nov 2014 http://www.etymonline.com/
  3. "bad" The Oxford English Dictionary. www.oed.com 26 Nov 2014.http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/view/Entry/14540
  4. "bad" The Oxford English Dictionary. www.oed.com 26 Nov 2014.http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/view/Entry/14540