Comparative form of 'guilty'—more responsible for a wrongdoing or more deserving of blame.
Comparative form created by adding '-er' to 'guilty' (Old English 'gylt'). Shows standard English pattern for forming comparative adjectives from one or two-syllable words.
This simple word reveals how we linguistically rank culpability—we can't just say someone is guilty, we need to compare guilt levels, showing that medieval English speakers understood that responsibility could be measured on a spectrum.
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