illegitimacy

noun
/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi//ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾɨməsi/US

Etymology

From illegitimate + -cy; may also be analyzed as il- + legitimacy.

  1. derived from illēgitimus
  2. formed as illegitimacy — “illegitimate + -cy

Definitions

  1. The state of being illegitimate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for illegitimacy. 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