love child

noun

Etymology

From love + child.

  1. derived from *gel-
  2. derived from *ǵelt-
  3. inherited from *kelþaz
  4. inherited from *kilþ
  5. inherited from ċild
  6. inherited from child
  7. compounded as love child — “love + child

Definitions

  1. A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another

    A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.

    • Nobody ever came to see her, nobody spoke of her, nobody cared about her. Mr Brass had said once, that he believed she was a ‘love-child’ (which means anything but a child of love).
    • Love child, never meant to be / Love child, born in poverty
  2. Something that includes influences of multiple predecessors.

    • The grunge genre was the love child of punk and metal.

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