bastardy

noun
/ˈbæstə(ɹ)di/

Etymology

From Middle English bastardie (also as bastardrie), a borrowing from Middle French bastardie. Equivalent to bastard + -y.

  1. derived from bastardie
  2. inherited from bastardie

Definitions

  1. The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as…

    The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bastardy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA