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    [Adjective]  | "less*er" | \ ˈle-sər \


    1: of less size, quality, degree, or significance : of lower status

    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "lit*tle" | \ ˈli-tᵊl \


    1: not big: such as

    2: small in size or extent : tiny

    3: young

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English littel, from Old English lȳtel; akin to Old High German luzzil little;

    [Adjective]  | "less" | \ ˈles \


    1: constituting a more limited number or amount

    2: of lower rank, degree, or importance

    3: of reduced size, extent, or degree

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, partly from Old English lǣs, adverb & noun; partly from lǣssa, adjective; akin to Old Frisian lēs less;

    [Adverb]  | "lesser" 


    1: less

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser celandine" 


    1: a yellow-flowered Eurasian perennial herb (Ficaria verna synonym Ranunculus ficaria) of the buttercup family naturalized in North America

    Origin: 1779 ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser cornstalk borer" 


    1: a pyralid moth (Elasmopalpus lignosellus) having slender greenish larvae that burrow in the stalk especially of corn near ground level

    Origin: circa 1925 ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser one-horned rhinoceros" 


    1: javan rhinoceros

    Origin: 1863 ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser panda" 


    1: red panda

    Origin: 1943 ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser peach tree borer" 


    1: a clearwing moth (Synanthedon pictipes) whose larva bores into the wood of stone-fruit trees and especially the peach

    Origin: circa 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "lesser yellowlegs" 


    1: a common American marsh and shore bird (Tringa flavipes) that closely resembles the greater yellowlegs in color and markings but is smaller with a shorter more slender bill

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Adjective]  | "lesser" 


    1: having not so great importance or rank as another;


      * e.g., " ... it was the lesser evil of the two choices "




    [Adjective]  | "less" 


    1: having not so great importance or rank as another;


      * e.g., " ... the restaurant's chowder has been declared the state's best by no less a person than the governor himself "




    [Adjective]  | "little" 


    1: having relatively little height;


      * e.g., " ... there was a little hedge separating the two lawns "




    2: lacking importance;


      * e.g., " ... there were just a few little details left to take care of "




    3: not broad or open in views or opinions;


      * e.g., " ... little-minded people who dislike the fact that human society is always progressing "




     [ "lesser" ]

    1: someone who's beneath you. someone you choose not to associate with.

      * e.g.,  ... "he swears he's somebody, but he's a lesser." 

     [ "lesser evil" ]

    1: Out of a choice of two bad things the one that's considered least important or not as wrong.

      * e.g.,  ... A father taking his little girl into a men's restroom is the lesser evil than leaving her alone outside. 

     [ "Lesser Ivy" ]

    1: Another term for Lower Ivy

      * e.g.,  ... A lesser ivy like Cornell definitely benefits from being grouped with schools like Harvard... 

     [ "lesser slut" ]

    1: A girl of loose morals, somewhat less trampy than a stripper but wilder than your average catholic schoolgirl.

      * e.g.,  ... guy1: "Dude, this place is filled with smokin hotties." 

     [ "lesser human" ]

    1: you david

      * e.g.,  ... David you fucking lesser human 

     [ "lesser dog" ]

    1: A dog from undertale you fight in snowdin,keep petting him will make his neck will go further into the sky!And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..And further..!Then it will go lower and lower..and lower..and lower..and lower..and lower..and lower..and lower..and lower..Lesser dog.

      * e.g.,  ... Frisk:STOP PETTING LESSER DOG! 

     [ "lesser being" ]

    1: A lesser being is slang for a person who is a jerk and a person you care naught for.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, John is being such a lesser being today. 

     [ "mo lesser" ]

    1: being a cockblock and or going to frickin Utah and getting tan on only half your face because you went skiing and wore goggles. Also having an IPhone.

      * e.g.,  ... DUDE, you listen to NPR on your Iphone, you're so Mo Lesser. 

     [ "Cheese Lesser" ]

    1: like a cheese grater, but uses the small grating part.

      * e.g.,  ... Dad: do you want cheese on your eggs? child: yes, but I want to put it on also child: but I'm going to use the cheese lesser, because that's easier for me to grate. 

     [ "Lesser God" ]

    1: entities given formal permission to create life and matter in one primary legally occupied form.

      * e.g.,  ... If lesser gods claim to be the only God, they are not granted permanent death. 

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