Definition of "pessima" [pessima]

• Plural form of pessimum. (noun)

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• "How can we avoid education in the new literacies becoming an example of “corruptio optimi pessima” the corruption of the best is the worst of all?"
• "Mala a sanguine fervente, deterior a bile assata, pessima ab atra bile putrefacta."
• "Yet the thesis, ‘corruptio optimi pessima,’ cannot be maintained generally or without regard to the kind of excellence which is corrupted."